Fin

To conclude, all of the artists and their work illustrate the boundaries of performance art and comedy as well as the blurring lines in between. Abramovic's Rhythm 0-1974 is highly emotive, experimental and interactive. These elements are also key within The Artist is Present (2010) as without the audience the piece is nothing. This lends itself to Sparticus Chedwin's practice as the interaction is essential to creating the piece as the scripted lines are not enough to make the piece. However Bruce Nauman's practice is quite the opposite in reference to the need for an audience as he shot his early videos alone in his studio. But, his work like the others is again highly experimental. This element within performance is also true in Monty Python's sketches as well as Elanor Antin's miniature stage setups.

The main blurring of the boundaries of performance art and comedy was between the movement created within Bruce Nauman's Walking Around in an Exaggerated Manner (1967-8) and Monty Python's Mynistry of Silly Walks (1970). Without context and the conceptual thinking behind a performance art piece the work that they are working could be considered as acting different roles.

However, performance art is as real as it gets,

“The knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.”  http://www.askyfilledwithshootingstars.com/wordpress/?p=1197 

   

The 'New age' Performer

Sparticus Chedwin

As much as I am not a fan of the 2012 Turner prize nominee , Chedwin represents our 'New Age' performance artists. She, and others bring performance art into the forefront of the art world. Her work is interactive as well as immersive, which I credit as it gains memorability. However, the childish performances seem to lack originality as the reference to comedy and fantasy are so clear and poorly executed revealing cliche performance art.

The Explosion of Art

The sixties art scene inspired existentialism through the devolution of faith.
Due to seminal historic occurrence , such as the Vietnam war (1959-75) and The African- American Civil Rights Movement (1954-68), as well as Second Wave Feminism (1960's-80's). The manifesto of the decade was 'no one voice' which (in cultural terms) was the beginning of Post-Modernism.

Power point presentation on Performance art feedback

Peer opinions on what they thought performance art was.

The  feedback

The Godfather of Performance Art

Bruce Nauman's Waling in an Exaggerated Manner Around the Perimeter of a Square (1967-8) is a seminal piece of performance work which has inspired many artists in the twenty-first century. He is an artist that pushed the boundaries of art- especially in his early practice- to a level that had not yet been reached. a quote of his which I believe justifies as well as describes his practice is as follows,

If I was an artist and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art. At this point art became more of an activity and less of a product. http://www.art21.org/artists/bruce-nauman