Tag Archives: Performance Art

Seven Easy Pieces

Looking for some performance art inspiration or instructions?  Look no further!  Marina Abramovic created Seven Easy Pieces, which she performed at the Guggenheim in 2005.  Two of these pieces are written by Marina herself, and five of them are written by other artist but performed by Marina in 2005.  Check out this website for some [...]

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Bobby McFerrin’s Improv-Inspired ‘Vocabularies’

I was listening to NPR the other day, weekend edition and they were interviewing one of my absolute favorite musical artist. This man has always inspired me with his methodology, his dedication to new styles of music, using technology in music. If you are only familiar with “Don’t Worry be Happy” and the theme to [...]

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William Farley

William Farley hails from Braintree, Massachusetts, on Boston’s south shore. Raised in a working-class family, his early life included training as a commercial artist and as a sculptor. He has worked in a variety of professions including: farm worker, doorman, longshoreman, gardener, asst. night club manager, produce clerk, merchant seaman, furniture mover, bill collector, steel [...]

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Miranda July

Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

Miranda July is a filmmaker, artist, and writer. She grew up in Berkeley, California where she began her career as a teenager, writing and directing plays. July’s videos, performances, and web-based projects have been presented at sites such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and in [...]

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franko b

Franko B was born in Milan and has lived in London since 1979. He has been creating work across video, photography, performance, painting, installation, sculpture and mixed media since 1990. He has performed at the Tate Modern, ICA, South London Gallery and Beaconsfield. He has presented work internationally in Zagreb, Mexico City, Milan, Amsterdam, Antwerp, [...]

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Allison Smith

ABOUT THE ARTIST.
ALLISON SMITH, a Brooklyn-based artist, is interested in the notion of “authentic reproductions” – a common if oxymoronic phrase describing contemporary objects or tableaux that conjure historical aesthetics and episodes. In her sculptures and mixed-media installations, Smith investigates the ways in which a simple prop, bridging past and present, can come to signify [...]

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