Type
Text
Type
Dissertation
Advisor
Uroskie, Andrew | Patterson, Elizabeth | Lutterbie, John | Higgins, Hannah.
Date
2015-08-01
Keywords
Art history
Department
Department of Art History and Criticism.
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/76882
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
This dissertation analyzes the history and theory of reperformance, arguing it as a mode of reproduction for the dissemination and institutionalization of performance art practices. In four chapters, I draw together sources in art history, performance studies, sociology, and anthropology to frame how performances of the past are re-created and reinterpreted, specifically within the context of museums and the art historical canon. While reperformance has been integral to the development of performance art since its inception in the early decades of the 20th century, my focus will turn to how post-World War II practices have been engaged with in recent exhibitions and retrospectives, specifically in the work of Allan Kaprow, Alison Knowles, and Marina Abramovic. | 176 pages
Recommended Citation
Weil, Harry Jacob, "Reperformance: Re-creating and Reinterpreting Performance Art's History" (2015). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 2757.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/2757