Dennis Oppenheim: Body to Perfomance, 1969-73

Milan: Skira, 2018. Pictorial boards, 295 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. A superb profusely-illustrated book documenting the work of American artist Dennis Oppenheim, focusing on his Body and Performance art works of the late sixties and early seventies. Includes an interview with the artist by gallerist and conceptual art impressario Willoughby Sharp as well as essays by Nick Kaye and Steven Poser. "Dennis Oppenheim was a pioneer in the fields of earthworks, conceptual art, body art, and performance. This monograph follows the studio practice, public performance works, and gallery and museum shows that took place between 1969-1973 in which documentation of conceptual performance works in slide, film, video, and photographic form exhibited alone or as a component of installation." - Publisher. CONTENTS: The body as material of thought: energy, time and performance in Dennis Oppenheim's Conceptual Art, by Nick Kaye; Notes 1968, 1969; Works 1969; Notes 1970; Works 1970; Dennis Oppenheim interview: Willoughby Sharp, by edited by Amy van Winkle Oppenheim; Notes 1971; Works 1971; Notes 1972; Works 1972; Dennis Oppenheim at MOCA, 1973, by Steven Poser; Notes 1973; Works 1973; Afterword, by Aaron Levy and Amy van Winkle Oppenheim; Exhibitions: 1969-1974.. 1st. Hardcover. NEW. 4to.