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Performance Art Bookshelf

In the 1960s and 70s, obscure Happenings and early performances by such avant garde pioneers as Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, Yvonne Rainer, Yoko Ono and Vito Acconci challenged object-oriented art production and changed the terms of contemporary art forever. In the ensuing decades, Performance Art has come so thoroughly into its own that it has its own biennial, which draws visitors and participants from around the world. Here is a selection of indispensable books for any Performance Art Library.

TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX

9 EVENINGS RECONSIDERED

MIT List Visual Arts Center

ISBN: 9780938437697
USD $25.00 | CAN $30

Pub Date: 8/15/2006
Out of print | Not available

ASCO: ELITE OF THE OBSCURE

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775730037
USD $60.00 | CAN $70

Pub Date: 11/30/2011
Out of print | Not available

AN ART OF LIMINA: GARY HILL'S WORKS AND WRITINGS

Ediciones Polígrafa

ISBN: 9788434310421
USD $75.00 | CAN $99

Pub Date: 6/30/2009
Out of print | Not available

ANN HAMILTON: AN INVENTORY OF OBJECTS

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9780974364858
USD $60.00 | CAN $79 UK £ 53

Pub Date: 11/15/2006
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

ARTISTS & AGENTS

Spector Books

ISBN: 9783959053334
USD $40.00 | CAN $56

Pub Date: 5/30/2023
Active | In stock

ASHLEY HANS SCHEIRL

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775746885
USD $60.00 | CAN $85

Pub Date: 8/25/2020
Active | Out of stock

BETWEEN ZONES

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037641255
USD $45.00 | CAN $60

Pub Date: 1/31/2011
Out of print | Not available

BODYBUILDING

Performa

ISBN: 9780578594835
USD $35.00 | CAN $49 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 9/15/2020
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

CAI GUO-QIANG AND POMPEII

Silvana Editoriale

ISBN: 9788836640591
USD $65.00 | CAN $90

Pub Date: 3/17/2020
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CATHERINE SULLIVAN AND CO: FILM AND THEATRE WORKS 2002-2004

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905701272
USD $45.00 | CAN $60

Pub Date: 9/15/2005
Out of print | Not available

CECILIA VICUñA: ABOUT TO HAPPEN

Siglio

ISBN: 9781938221231
USD $29.95 | CAN $39.95 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 8/20/2019
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CHRIS BURDEN

Locus + Publishing Ltd.

ISBN: 9781899377183
USD $85.00 | CAN $100

Pub Date: 11/15/2005
No longer our product | Not available

DAVID HAMMONS: BODY PRINTS, 1968–1979

The Drawing Center

ISBN: 9780942324419
USD $28.00 | CAN $38 UK £ 22.5

Pub Date: 3/30/2021
Active | Out of stock

EN MAS'

Independent Curators International and Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans

ISBN: 9780916365899
USD $49.95 | CAN $67.5 UK £ 44.99

Pub Date: 1/26/2016
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EIKO & KOMA: TIME IS NOT EVEN, SPACE IS NOT EMPTY

Walker Art Center

ISBN: 9780935640977
USD $35.00 | CAN $47.5 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 6/30/2011
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

ELEANOR ANTIN

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

ISBN: 9780911291278
USD $24.95 | CAN $27.5

Pub Date: 5/2/1999
Out of print | Not available

ENDLESS SHOUT

Inventory Press / Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Philadelphia

ISBN: 9781941753163
USD $35.00 | CAN $49.95 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 5/21/2019
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EVE SUSSMAN & THE RUFUS CORPORATION: THE RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

ISBN: 9788791607622
USD $40.00 | CAN $54 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 9/30/2009
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FIONA TAN: DISASSEMBLING THE ARCHIVE

Art Gallery of York University

ISBN: 9780921972457
USD $25.00 | CAN $34.5 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 7/1/2008
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

FRANCESCO VEZZOLI: RIGHT YOU ARE (IF YOU THINK YOU ARE)

Charta/ Gagosian Gallery

ISBN: 9788881586660
USD $39.95 | CAN $50

Pub Date: 3/4/2009
No longer our product | Not available

GELITIN: CHINESE SYNTHESE LEBERKASE

Kunsthaus Bregenz

ISBN: 9783865600813
USD $35.00 | CAN $40

Pub Date: 8/15/2006
Out of print | Not available

GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE: SACRED INTENT

Trapart Books

ISBN: 9789198451269
USD $30.00 | CAN $42 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 5/12/2020
Active | Out of stock

IN THE SHADOW A SHADOW: THE WORK OF JOAN JONAS

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9780980024289
USD $85.00 | CAN $112.5 UK £ 75

Pub Date: 11/24/2015
Active | In stock

JAMES LEE BYARS: 1/2 AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, SOURCEBOOK

Walther König, Köln/MoMA PS1/Museo Jumex

ISBN: 9783863355111
USD $45.00 | CAN $60

Pub Date: 6/30/2014
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JAMES LEE BYARS: THE PERFECT KISS

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783960984238
USD $39.95 | CAN $55

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
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JEAN-JACQUES LEBEL: BARRICADES

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783863356606
USD $45.00 | CAN $60

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
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JOAN JONAS

Charta

ISBN: 9788881586592
USD $34.95 | CAN $40

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
No longer our product | Not available

JOHN BOCK: FILMS

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865602619
USD $54.00 | CAN $65

Pub Date: 1/15/2008
Out of print | Not available

JOHN WOOD & PAUL HARRISON: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

ISBN: 9781933619316
USD $24.95 | CAN $33.95 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 5/31/2011
Active | Out of stock

JOSEPH BEUYS: WE GO THIS WAY

Violette Editions

ISBN: 9781900828130
USD $65.00 | CAN $87

Pub Date: 1/2/2000
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

LORRAINE O’GRADY: BOTH/AND

Dancing Foxes Press/Brooklyn Museum

ISBN: 9780872731868
USD $40.00 | CAN $56 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 4/13/2021
Active | Out of stock

MARCO ANELLI: PORTRAITS IN THE PRESENCE OF MARINA ABRAMOVIC

Damiani

ISBN: 9788862087247
USD $49.00 | CAN $66

Pub Date: 11/30/2021
Active | Out of stock

MARINA ABRAMOVIC: 512 HOURS

Koenig Books

ISBN: 9783863355821
USD $49.95 | CAN $67.5

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
Active | Out of stock

MARINA ABRAMOVIC: 7 DEATHS OF MARIA CALLAS

Damiani

ISBN: 9788862087315
USD $65.00 | CAN $92

Pub Date: 10/13/2020
Active | In stock

MARINA ABRAMOVIC: THE ARTIST IS PRESENT

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9780870707476
USD $50.00 | CAN $67.5

Pub Date: 4/30/2010
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

MARTHA WILSON SOURCEBOOK

Independent Curators International (ICI)

ISBN: 9780916365851
USD $25.00 | CAN $34.5 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 10/31/2011
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

MATTHEW BARNEY: DRAWING RESTRAINT VOL. 5

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865603180
USD $65.00 | CAN $75

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
Out of print | Not available

MEDIA BURN: ANT FARM AND THE MAKING OF AN IMAGE

Inventory Press/RITE Editions

ISBN: 9781941753354
USD $35.00 | CAN $49 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 11/24/2020
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MIKE KELLEY: INTERVIEWS, CONVERSATIONS, AND CHIT-CHAT (1986-2004)

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905701005
USD $22.00 | CAN $30.5

Pub Date: 8/15/2005
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

MIKE'S WORLD: MICHAEL SMITH & JOSHUA WHITE (AND OTHER COLLABORATORS)

The Blanton Museum of Art

ISBN: 9780977145393
USD $30.00 | CAN $35

Pub Date: 2/1/2008
Out of print | Not available

NAM JUNE PAIK: EXPOSITION OF MUSIC, ELECTRONIC TELEVISION, REVISITED

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865606198
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95

Pub Date: 8/31/2009
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

NOT TO PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037640715
USD $35.00 | CAN $47.5

Pub Date: 3/31/2010
Active | Out of stock

PAUL MCCARTHY: VIDEOS 1970-1997

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783883755373
USD $30.00 | CAN $35

Pub Date: 1/2/2004
Out of print | Not available

PERFORMA 07: EVERYWHERE AND ALL AT ONCE

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037640340
USD $45.00 | CAN $55

Pub Date: 1/31/2010
Out of print | Not available

PERFORMA 09: BACK TO FUTURISM

Performa Publications

ISBN: 9780615450667
USD $39.95 | CAN $50

Pub Date: 7/31/2011
Out of print | Not available

PERFORMA 13: SURREALISM / THE VOICE / CITIZENSHIP

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9781941366066
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 11/24/2015
Active | In stock

PERFORMA 15

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9781941366196
USD $29.95 | CAN $45 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 5/5/2020
Active | In stock

PERFORMA: NEW VISUAL ART PERFORMANCE

Performa Publications

ISBN: 9781424314980
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 6/1/2007
Active | Out of stock

PERFORMANCE ART IN CHINA

Blue Kingfisher

ISBN: 9789889926595
USD $40.00 | CAN $50

Pub Date: 7/1/2007
No longer our product | Not available

POPE.L: CAMPAIGN

Mousse Publishing

ISBN: 9788867493890
USD $30.00 | CAN $45

Pub Date: 9/17/2019
Active | In stock

RAGNAR KJARTANSSON: TO MUSIC

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037644232
USD $49.95 | CAN $67.5

Pub Date: 7/28/2015
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

REGINA JOSé GALINDO

Silvana Editoriale

ISBN: 9788836619924
USD $45.00 | CAN $55

Pub Date: 10/31/2011
Out of print | Not available

RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905770322
USD $75.00 | CAN $99

Pub Date: 9/1/2007
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

ROBERT WHITMAN

Dia Art Foundation

ISBN: 9780944521465
USD $45.00 | CAN $60 UK £ 40

Pub Date: 10/2/2003
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

ROBIN RHODE: MEMORY IS THE WEAPON

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775746052
USD $62.00 | CAN $88

Pub Date: 11/26/2019
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RONGRONG'S DIARY: BEIJING EAST VILLAGE

Steidl/The Walther Collection, New York/Three Shadows Photography Art Centre

ISBN: 9783958295926
USD $60.00 | CAN $85

Pub Date: 8/20/2019
Active | Out of stock

SHIGEKO KUBOTA: LIQUID REALITY

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633451285
USD $35.00 | CAN $54.5

Pub Date: 9/21/2021
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SHIRIN NESHAT: THE LAST WORD

Charta/MUSAC

ISBN: 9788881585519
USD $75.00 | CAN $90

Pub Date: 1/1/2006
No longer our product | Not available

SIMONE FORTI: THE BEAR IN THE MIRROR

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783960983958
USD $39.95 | CAN $55

Pub Date: 3/19/2019
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SOPHIE CALLE: DOUBLE GAME

D.A.P./Violette Editions

ISBN: 9781933045696
USD $39.95 | CAN $50

Pub Date: 9/1/2007
Out of print | Not available

SPARTACUS CHETWYND

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905770827
USD $65.00 | CAN $75

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
Out of print | Not available

TANIA BRUGUERA IN CONVERSATION WITH CLAIRE BISHOP

Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

ISBN: 9780984017393
USD $30.00 | CAN $42 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 10/27/2020
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THE BEST MOST USELESS DRESS: SELECTED WRITINGS OF CLAUDIA LA ROCCO

Badlands Unlimited

ISBN: 9781936440665
USD $16.95 | CAN $24

Pub Date: 10/31/2014
Out of print | Not available

THE PARADOX OF STILLNESS: ART, OBJECT, AND PERFORMANCE

Walker Art Center

ISBN: 9781935963233
USD $60.00 | CAN $85 UK £ 53

Pub Date: 5/19/2020
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THE SECRET FILES OF GILBERT & GEORGE

JRP|Ringier/BDV Bureau des videos

ISBN: 9783905770582
USD $32.00 | CAN $42.5

Pub Date: 7/1/2007
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TRIS VONNA-MICHELL

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037641705
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95

Pub Date: 11/30/2011
Active | In stock

TSENG KWONG CHI: PERFORMING FOR THE CAMERA

Chrysler Museum of Art/Grey Art Gallery/Lyon Artbooks

ISBN: 9780692338674
USD $55.00 | CAN $72.5 UK £ 50

Pub Date: 4/28/2015
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

VALIE EXPORT: TIME AND COUNTERTIME

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865608741
USD $59.95 | CAN $79

Pub Date: 4/30/2011
Active | In stock

VITO ACCONCI: DIARY OF A BODY 1969 -1973

Charta

ISBN: 9788881584772
USD $69.95 | CAN $85

Pub Date: 8/2/2004
Out of print | Not available

VITO ACCONCI: WRITINGS, WORKS, PROJECTS

Ediciones Polígrafa

ISBN: 9788434308947
USD $60.00 | CAN $79

Pub Date: 8/2/2001
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

WHAT IS ART?

Moderne Kunst Nürnberg

ISBN: 9783869845098
USD $40.00 | CAN $54

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
Active | In stock

YOKO ONO: ONE WOMAN SHOW, 1960–1971

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9780870709661
USD $60.00 | CAN $79

Pub Date: 5/26/2015
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MEMBER: POPE.L, 1978–2001

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633450868
USD $40.00 | CAN $55

Pub Date: 11/19/2019
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Recommended Reading: A Book List on Performance Art

Performance Art Bookshelf Active Backlist Titles

Artists & Agents SPECTOR BOOKS Pbk, 9.5 x 13.25 in. / 685 pgs / 30 color / 227 bw. | 5/30/2023 | In stock  |   US $40.00	Cai Guo-Qiang and Pompeii SILVANA EDITORIALE Clth, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 176 pgs / 120 color. | 3/17/2020 | In stock  |   US $65.00	Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen SIGLIO Pbk, 8 x 8 in. / 160 pgs / 100 color / 8 bw. | 8/20/2019 | In stock  |   US $29.95
EN MAS' INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, NEW ORLEANS Hbk, 8 x 10 in. / 230 pgs / 100 color. | 1/26/2016 | In stock  |   US $49.95	Endless Shout INVENTORY PRESS / INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UNIVERSITY OF PHILADELPHIA Pbk, 7.25 x 9.25 in. / 226 pgs / 100 color. | 5/21/2019 | In stock  |   US $35.00	Eve Sussman & The Rufus Corporation: The Rape of the Sabine Women LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Flexi, 8 x 10 in. / 116 pgs / 83 color / 11 bw. | 9/30/2009 | In stock  |   US $40.00
In the Shadow a Shadow: The Work of Joan Jonas GREGORY R. MILLER & CO. Clth, 9.5 x 12.75 in. / 536 pgs / 840 color. | 11/24/2015 | In stock  |   US $85.00	James Lee Byars: 1/2 an Autobiography, Sourcebook WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN/MOMA PS1/MUSEO JUMEX Flexi, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 304 pgs / 213 color / 87 bw. | 6/30/2014 | In stock  |   US $45.00	James Lee Byars: The Perfect Kiss WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN Pbk, 8 x 11.5 in. / 144 pgs / 62 color / 118 bw. | 2/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $39.95
Jean-Jacques Lebel: Barricades WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 248 pgs / 160 color / 100 bw. | 6/23/2015 | In stock  |   US $45.00	Marina Abramovic: 7 Deaths of Maria Callas DAMIANI Clth, 8 x 10.25 in. / 176 pgs / 85 color. | 10/13/2020 | In stock  |   US $65.00	Media Burn: Ant Farm and the Making of an Image INVENTORY PRESS/RITE EDITIONS Pbk, 9 x 12 in. / 128 pgs / 150 color. | 11/24/2020 | In stock  |   US $35.00
Performa 13: Surrealism / The Voice / Citizenship GREGORY R. MILLER & CO. Pbk, 7 x 9 in. / 384 pgs / 300 color. | 11/24/2015 | In stock  |   US $39.95	Performa 15 GREGORY R. MILLER & CO. Pbk, 7 x 9 in. / 256 pgs / 160 color. | 5/5/2020 | In stock  |   US $29.95	Pope.L: Campaign MOUSSE PUBLISHING Pbk, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 168 pgs / 130 bw. | 9/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $30.00
Robin Rhode: Memory Is the Weapon HATJE CANTZ Hbk, 9.5 x 12.25 in. / 224 pgs / 250 color. | 11/26/2019 | In stock  |   US $62.00	Shigeko Kubota: Liquid Reality THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK Hbk, 9 x 10.5 in. / 112 pgs / 100 color. | 9/21/2021 | In stock  |   US $35.00	Simone Forti: The Bear in the Mirror WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN Pbk, 6.5 x 9.25 in. / 94 pgs / 2 color / 17 bw. | 3/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $39.95
Tania Bruguera in Conversation with Claire Bishop FUNDACIóN CISNEROS/COLECCIóN PATRICIA PHELPS DE CISNEROS Hbk, 6 x 9 in. / 296 pgs / 50 color. | 10/27/2020 | In stock  |   US $30.00	The Paradox of Stillness: Art, Object, and Performance WALKER ART CENTER Clth, 8 x 11 in. / 288 pgs / 600 color / 100 bw. | 5/19/2020 | In stock  |   US $60.00	The Secret Files of Gilbert & George JRP|RINGIER/BDV BUREAU DES VIDEOS DVD video, PAL Multizone, 5.5 x 7.5 in. | 7/1/2007 | In stock  |   US $32.00
Tris Vonna-Michell JRP|RINGIER Pbk, 8.25 x 10.25 in. / 80 pgs / 15 color / 19 bw. | 11/30/2011 | In stock  |   US $39.95	Valie Export: Time and Countertime WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN Hbk, 9.75 x 13 in. / 304 pgs / 278 color. | 4/30/2011 | In stock  |   US $59.95	What Is Art? MODERNE KUNST NüRNBERG Pbk, 6.75 x 9.25 in. / 254 pgs / 140 color. | 6/23/2015 | In stock  |   US $40.00
Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971 THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK Clth, 9.5 x 12 in. / 240 pgs / 250 color. | 5/26/2015 | In stock  |   US $60.00	member: Pope.L, 1978–2001 THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK Hbk, 8 x 10 in. / 144 pgs / 100 color. | 11/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $40.00