Body art and performance : the body as language /
Lea Vergine.
- 294 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Originally published 1974 by G. Prearo, now enlarged with an essay on developments since 1975 (p. 269-299).
Includes bibliographical references.
The body as language : body art and like stories / Vito Acconci -- Giovanni Anselmo -- Keith Arnatt -- John Baldessari -- Gianfranco Baruchello -- Ben Vautier -- Valentina Berardinone -- Joseph Beuys -- Marcel Broodthaers -- Trisha Brown -- Günter Brus -- Enrico Bugli -- Pierpaolo Calzolari -- Cioni Carpi -- Giuseppe Chiari -- Giorgio Ciam -- Joe De Freitas -- Giuseppe Desiato -- Alain D'Hooghe -- Terry Fox -- Howard Fried -- Gilbert & George -- Dan Graham -- Rebecca Horn -- Enrico Job -- Joan Jonas -- Michel Journiac -- Ketty La Rocca -- Urs Lüthi -- Elio Mariani -- Tom Marioni -- Denis Masi -- Eliseo Mattiacci -- Fabio Mauri -- Annette Messager -- Oto Muehl -- Hidetoshi Nagasawa -- Ugo Nespolo -- Hermann Nitsch -- Luigi Ontani -- Dennis Oppenheim -- Jean Otth -- Stanislao Pacus -- Gina Pane -- Luca Patella -- Giuseppe Penone -- Gianni Pisani -- Vettor Pisani -- Arnulf Painer -- Klaus Rinke -- Allen Ruppersberg -- Lucas Samaras -- Rudolf Schwarzkogler -- Richard Serra -- Katharina Sieverding -- Aldo Tagliaferra -- Janos Urban -- Franco Vaccari -- Gruppo Zaj -- Michele Zza -- Diffused body and mystical body / Lea Vergine -- Lea Vergine. Antonio Trotta --
Containing Lea Vergine's insight on the 'golden age' of the Body Art movement and writings by the artists featured, this text focuses on the artistic endeavour that uses the body as expressive material.