Performance Art

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Performance art uses the artist's body and live action as the primary medium. Ranging from scripted theatrical works to spontaneous durational performances, it explores presence, time, embodiment, and ephemeral experience.

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Performance art uses the artist's body and actions in time as the primary medium. It emerged from conceptual art in the 1960s-70s. Unlike theater, performance art focuses on the presence of the artist, the experience of time passing, and the relationship between performer and audience. Performance can be scripted or improvised. It often explores vulnerability, embodiment, and presence - subjects that photographs and videos can document but never fully capture. The liveness of performance is irreplaceable and unrepeatable.

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Conceptual Art FoundationsPerformance Art

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