London, Phaidon Press, 2002, reliure cartonnée sous jaquette illustrée, 304 pp., (26,0 x 29,9 x 3,5 cm - 2 kg).
Philosopher and art historian Peter Osborne provides a complete overview of the movement, its origins and its legacy, tracing its early development from the experimental music scores of John CAGE, through the 1961 'instruction paintings' of Yoko ONO to 'scores' or instructions for events and actions in the mid 1960s work of artists such as Lawrence WEINER and Vito ACCONCI. The Survey discusses in depth each of the six categories of work illustrated in the Works section.
WORKS : Pre-history: 1950-1960 / Instruction, Performance, Documentation / Process, System, Series / Word And Sign / Appropriation, Intervention, Everyday / Politics And Ideology / Institutional Critique / Afterwards.
DOCUMENTS : Pre-history: 1950-1960 / Instruction, Performance, Documentation / Process, System, Series / Word And Sign / Appropriation, Intervention, Everyday / Politics And Ideology / Institutional Critique / Afterwards.
Includes : Artists and authors' biographies / Bibliographical references / Index.
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