Karen Gonzalez Rice

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Long Suffering: American Endurance Art as Prophetic WitnessPaperback, 29 September 2016

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Theater: Theory/Text/Performance
Part of Series
Theater: Theory/Text/Performance (Paperback)
Print Length
206 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Date Published
29 Sep 2016
ISBN-10
0472053248
ISBN-13
9780472053247

Description

Long Suffering productively links avant-garde performance practices with religious histories in the United States, setting contemporary performances of endurance art within a broader context of prophetic religious discourse in the United States. Its focus is on the work of Ron Athey, Linda Montano, and John Duncan, American artists whose performances involve extended periods of suffering. These unsettling performances can disturb, shock, or frighten audiences, leaving them unsure how to respond. The book examines how these artists work at the limits of the personal and the interpersonal, inflicting suffering on themselves and others, transforming audiences into witnesses, straining social relations, and challenging definitions of art and of ethics. By performing the death of self at the heart of trauma, strategies of endurance signal artists' attempts to visualize, legitimize, and testify to the persistent experience of being wounded. The artworks discussed find their foundations in artists' early experiences of religion and connections with the work of reformers from Angelina Grimké to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., who also used suffering as a strategy to highlight social injustice and call for ethical, social, and political renewal.

Product Details

Author:
Karen Gonzalez Rice
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
29 September 2016
Dimensions:
22.61 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm
ISBN-10:
0472053248
ISBN-13:
9780472053247
Language:
English
Pages:
206
Weight:
317.51 gm

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