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Performance Art

THEATER IN ART

 

Art and life are inextricably linked for a performance artist. In often absurd and unconventional ways, performance artists have been challenging societal expectations about art, society, and everyday life for years. By blending theater, poetry, sound, visual art, and film media into one sensory experience, performance artists created a new genre that has delighted, shocked, amused, and confused audiences.

WHEN & WHERE

c. 1910–PresentUSA, Europe, and Japan

Covering everything from spirituality to sex and violence, this movement has generated controversy. From Joseph Beuys ...

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