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Anne Bean

Self Etc.

Rob La Frenais

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English
Intellect Books
15 January 2019
Series: Intellect Live
Anne Bean: Self Etc. is the first major monograph about the performance work of artist Anne Bean, a noted international figure who has been working actively since the 1960s. Part of the Intellect Live series, co-published with the Live Art Development Agency, this book includes extensive visual documentation of Bean’s performances, critical essays by leading scholars of art and performance, and a series of new visual essays by the artist. Additional contributions include documentation of collaborations with influential artists, such as Bean’s Drawn Conversations, made at Franklin Furnace, New York, in collaboration with Harry Kipper, Karen Finley, Kim Jones, and Fiona Templeton; and TAPS: Improvisations with Paul Burwell, involving numerous artists, including Paul McCarthy, Steven Berkoff, Evan Parker, Brian Catling, Carlyle Reedy, Rose English, David Toop, Lol Coxhill, Jacky Lansley, and Maggie Nicols.

 

Lavishly illustrated and including previously unseen images, Anne Bean explores and expands the nature, form, and contexts that artistic collaboration can take.

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Imprint:   Intellect Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 241mm,  Width: 216mm, 
ISBN:   9781783209460
ISBN 10:   1783209461
Series:   Intellect Live
Pages:   320
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Rob La Frenais is a curator and critic and a regular contributor to Art Monthly.

Reviews for Anne Bean: Self Etc.

'But while Bean might challenge fixed ideas of the self and the artist in her performances, this books does not attempt a similar dismantling. Nor does it indicate the disregard for archiving and posterity that Johnson attributed to Bean. A large, square volume made more gallery and library shelves, it is co-published by the Live Art Development Agency as part of a series of surveys of individual artists; posterity is exactly what it aims for, and rightly so, given the lack of any other substantial study of Bean's huge body of work.' -- France Morgan, The Wire, 422, April 2019 'Anne Bean is a visionary artist who has troubled the boundaries of contemporary art for five decades. This book shows her to be a key and vibrant figure in live art.' -- William Raban, Professor of Film, University of the Arts, London 'The book represents a significant addition to the history of live art in the UK in general and to the work of Anne Bean in particular. [...] Self Etc. places Bean's oeuvre into the history of experimental art and performance in the UK in the 1970s and 80s [...] Beautifully illustrated with color photographs and visual essays made by Bean for this book, Self Etc. also provides a critical and conceptual framework for understanding her work.' -- Jennie Klein, Contemporary Theatre Review, November 2019


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