{"product_id":"9781788313841","title":"Performance Drawing : New Practices since 1945","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePerformance Drawing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Maryclare Foá, Jane Grisewood, Birgitta Hosea, Carali McCall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is 'performance drawing'? When does a drawing turn into a performance? Is the act of drawing in itself a performative process, whether a viewer is present or not? Through conversation, interviews and essays, the authors illuminate these questions, and what it might mean to perform, and what it might mean to draw, in a diverse and expressive contemporary practice since 1945. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe term 'performance drawing' first appeared in the subtitle of Catherine de Zegher's\u003ci\u003e Drawing Papers 20: Performance Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e, in particular with reference to Alison Knowles and Elena del Rivero. In this book, it is used as a trope, and a thread of thinking, to describe a process dedicated to broadening the field of drawing through resourceful practices and cross-disciplinary influence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing a wide range of international artists, this book presents pioneering practitioners, alongside current and emerging artists. The combination of experiences and disciplines in the expanded field has established a vibrant art movement that has been progressively burgeoning in the last few years. The Introduction contextualises the background and identifies contemporary approaches to performance drawing. As a way to embrace the different voices and various lenses in producing this book, the authors combine individual perspectives and critical methodology in the five chapters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile embedded in ephemerality and immediacy, the themes encompass body and energy, time and motion, light and space, imagined and observed, demonstrating how drawing can act as a performative tool. The dynamic interaction leads to a collective understanding of the term, performance drawing, and addresses the key developments and future directions of this applied drawing process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A valuable historical primer that examines key examples of performance drawing from the last half-century and challenges established definitions and categorisations. The authors draw a picture of the changing boundaries between art forms, showing how the blurred lines between artistic disciplines are the product of an active performative process. In addition to practitioners, this should be read by anyone interested in emerging art practices.” —\u003ci\u003eMalcolm Cook, Associate Professor in Film, University of Southampton, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003ePerformance Drawing\u003c\/i\u003e represents a highly developed record of practice-based research, tracing the developments in contemporary drawing, building on precedents that have led to emerging trends. It analyzes the radical departure from the acceptance of drawing as a canonical medium based on mark-making on two-dimensional surfaces, into real space towards performance, light projections, film and the use of new technologies. The texts brilliantly place all these developments into a clearly articulated context.” —\u003ci\u003eTherese Bolliger, artist, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“While narrative forms of drawing have found favor through numerous exhibitions and publications world-wide, drawing as an inherently process-driven performative event is still lacking accessible comprehensive theoretical research. Bridging two centuries of contemporary practice, \u003ci\u003ePerformance Drawing\u003c\/i\u003e will fill a huge gap for artists, teachers, scholars and art publics.” —\u003ci\u003eFrançois Morelli, Concordia University, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781788313841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40816649961678,"sku":"9781788313841","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_fe9c6707-8e76-4d26-9df7-9a58a47a56da.jpg?v=1642836942","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781788313841","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}