{"product_id":"essays-on-the-blurring-of-art-and-life-paperback","title":"Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllan Kaprow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeff Kelley\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllan Kaprow's \"happenings\" and \"environments\" were the precursors to contemporary performance art, and his essays are some of the most thoughtful, provocative, and influential of his generation. His sustained inquiry into the paradoxical relationship of art to life and into the nature of meaning itself is brought into focus in this newly expanded collection of his most significant writings. A new preface and two new additional essays published in the 1990s bring this valuable collection up to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllan Kaprow's essays sound fresh and new.... Artists of the world, read this--you have nothing to lose but your equilibrium.--Lucy R. Lippard, author of \u003ci\u003eMixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown as the father of Happenings and Performance Art, Allan Kaprow is also a sagacious teacher, a historian, a storyteller, and, as demonstrated in this volume, one of the most perceptive and articulate cultural critics of this era. Art for Kaprow is not mere formal structure but a participatory and interactive experience of life.--Peter Selz, Coeditor of \u003ci\u003eTheories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 1996) and author of \u003ci\u003eNathan Oliveria\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 2002) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Allan Kaprow's essays sound fresh and new.... Artists of the world, read this--you have nothing to lose but your equilibrium.\"--Lucy R. Lippard, author of \u003ci\u003eMixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllan Kaprow \u003c\/b\u003e(1927-2006) was Professor Emeritus of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego. \u003cb\u003eJeff Kelley \u003c\/b\u003eis a critic and teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 297\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9.07 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52422896353587,"sku":"9780520240797","price":66.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NWw5U2dMdUJVTkRIK2ViR2gwaDFzZz09.webp?v=1758574233","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/essays-on-the-blurring-of-art-and-life-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}