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.The Whitney Museum of American Art presents Off the Wall, a two-part exhibition that brings together thirty performative actions by artists, in works made from 1946 to the present, and seven iconic works by Trisha Brown .
Part I: Thirty Performative Actions
On view from July 1 – September 19, Off the Wall: Thirty Performative Actions, focuses on actions using the body in live performance, in front of the camera, or in relation to a photograph or a drawing. Each action displaces the site of the artwork from an object to the body, acting in relation to, or directly onto, the physical space of the gallery. The wall and floor are often the stage for these actions: walking on the wall, slamming a door, gathering sawdust up from the studio floor, slapping hands against the wall, walking on a painting, striding and crawling, writing or drawing on the wall and the floor, or performing a striptease. The actions include re-performances of iconic early works by John Baldessari (I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art, (1971) and Yoko Ono (Painting to be Stepped On, (1961), realized by Nate Lowman ), as well as recent works by young artists including Dara Friedman and Trisha Donnelly , and David Hammons ’ video installation Phat Feet, in which the sidewalk of the Bowery in downtown New York City becomes the stage.
Also included are works by Vito Acconci , Carl Andre , Jonathan Borofsky, John Coplans , David Hammons , Joan Jonas , Paul McCarthy , Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman , Dennis Oppenheim , David Salle , Lucas Samaras , Richard Serra , and Andy Warhol . The use of the performative action by women to challenge male definitions of the body can be seen in works by Jenny Holzer, Dara Birnbaum, Martha Rosler, Hannah Wilke, Francesca Woodman, Carrie Mae Weems and Carolee Schneemann. The unprecedented crossover between dance and performance that occurred in the 1970s can also be seen in works by Trisha Brown , Yvonne Rainer, Maya Deren, Simone Forti, and Nauman.
The exhibition includes a number of works that reveal the underlying theatricality of the performative action, and the ways in which artists stage the self in images that question conventions of identity, gender, and perceptions of the body. In the work of artists including Laurie Simmons, Robert Longo , Cindy Sherman , Tony Oursler and Sonic Youth , Francesca Woodman , Jimmy DeSana, David Wojnarowicz , Peter Hujar , Jack Pierson, Lyle Ashton Harris and Robert Mapplethorpe , the camera replaces the white cube of the gallery as the stage upon which action occurs.
Part 1 is curated by Chrissie Iles, the Whitney’s Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Curator.
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Künstler John Baldessari , Yoko Ono , Nate Lowman , Trisha Donnelly , David Hammons , Vito Acconci , Carl Andre , Jonathan Borofsky , John Coplans , David Hammons , Joan Jonas , Paul McCarthy , Robert Morris , Bruce Nauman , Dennis Oppenheim , David Salle , Lucas Samaras , Richard Serra , Andy Warhol , Laurie Simmons , Robert Longo , Cindy Sherman , Tony Oursler , Sonic Youth , Francesca Woodman , Jimmy de Sana, David Wojnarowicz , Peter Hujar , Jack Pierson , Lyle Ashton Harris , Robert Mapplethorpe , Trisha Brown
