THE ARTIST'S BODY

EDITED BY TRACEY WARR

PREFACE TRACEY WARi|

S U R V E Y AMELIA JONES page 16

WORKS page 48
PAINTING BODIES page 49 GESTURING BODIES page 70 RITUALISTIC AND TRANSGRESSIVE BODIES paf e 92 BODY BOUNDARIES page 114 PERFORMING IDENTITY page 134 ABSENT BODIES page 162 EXTENDED AND PROSTHETIC BODIES page 17i f ,; ; ''. .

APPENDICES page 190

ARTISTS' BIOGRAPHIES page 191 BIBLIOGRAPHY page 199 INDEX page 202 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS page 204

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W O R K S Page48
PAINTING BODIES page 49
Marcel OUCHAMP Pavsaoe fautif (Wayward landscape) 1946 page 49 Georges MATHIEU Homage to General Hideyoshi. 1957 page 50 Jackson POLLOCK Painting in his studio, c. 1950 page 51 Saburo MURAKAMI Breaking Through Many Paper Screens. 1956 page 52 Kazuo SHIRAGA Challenging Mud. 1955 page 53 ShozoSHiMAMOTO Makino a Painting by Throwing Bottles of Paint. 1956 page 53 Yves KLEIN Anthropometry of the Blue Epoch. 1960 page 54 Yves KLEINUntitled Anthropometry. 19A0page55 Yves KLEIN Untitled (Anthropometry with Male and Female Figures). 1960 page Si Niki de SA1NT-PHALLE First Shooting Impasse Ronsin. 1961 page 57 Claes OLDENBURG Snapshots from the City. 1960 page 58 Allan KAPROW18 Happenings in 6 Parts. 1959 page 59 Jim pjjETheSmiling Workman. 1960 page 5? Nam June PAIK Performing La Monte Young's Composition I960 No. W to Bob Morris (Zen for Head), 1962 page 60 Carolee SCHNEEMANN Meat Joy. 1964 pane 60 Carolee SCHNEEMANN Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions, 1963 page 61 Shigeko KUBOTA Vagina Painting. 1965 page 62 Paul MCCARTHY Face Painting - Floor. White Line. 1972 page 63 Ana MENEIETA Body Tracks. 1974 page 63 Stuart BRISLEY Moments and Decision and Indecision. 1975 page 64 Andy WAjJHBl Oxidation Painting. 1978 page 65 Andres SERRANO Untitled XIII (Ejaculate in Trajectory). 1989 page 65 Janine AfJION] Loving Care. 1992 page 66 Rachel LACHOWICZ Red not Blue. 1992 paoe 67 Cheryl DONEGAN Kiss My Royal Irish Ass (K.M.R.I.A.). 1993 page 67 Keith BOADWEE Untitled (Purple Squirt). 1995 page 68 Jenny SAVILLE and Glen LUCHFORD Closed Contact No. 10.1995-97 page 68 Tracey EMJN Exorcism of the Last Painting I Ever Made. 1996 page 69

Bruce MCLEAN Pose Work for Plinths. 1970 page 86 Eleanor ANTIN Carving: A Traditional Sculpture. 1973 page 87 Charles RAY Plank Piece I & II. 1973 page 88 Bonnie SHERK Public Lunch. 1971 page 89 Mierle Laderman UKELES Hartford Wash: Washing. Tracks. Maintenance: Outside. 1973 page 89 Carolee SCHNEEMANN Up To And Including Her Limits. 1976 page 90 Skip ARNOLD On Display, 1993 page 91 Oleg KULIKI Bite America and America Bites Me. 1997 page 91

RITUALISTIC AND TRANSGRESSIVE BODIES page 92

Hermann NITSCH 1st Action. 1962 page 92 Hermann NITSCH 80th Action: Orgies Mysteries Theatre. 1984 page 93 Otto MUHL Material Action No. 1; Degradation of a Venus. 1963 page 94 Otto MUHL Gymnastics Class in Food. 1965 page 94 Otto MUHL Pissaction. 1969 page 95 Punier BRUS Art and Revolution. 1968 page 93 GunterBfiUS Self-painting. Self-mutilation. 1965 page 96 WolfVOSTELL You-Happening, 1964 page 97 Rudolf SCHWARZKOGLER Action 1: Wedding. 1965 paoe 97 Michel JOURNIAC Messe pour un corps (Mass for a body). 1969 page 98 Rafael Montanez ORTIZ The Birth and Death of White Henny. 1967 page 98 Amulf RAJNEFj Face Farces. 1969 page 98 Lucas SAMARAS Photo-Transformation. 1974 page 99 Ana MENPIETA Rape Scene. 1973 page 100 Ana MENDIETA Death of a Chicken. 1972 page 101 Gina PANE Death Control. 1974 page 101 Chris BURDEN Icarus. 1973 page 102 Gideon GECHTMAN Naked. 1974 page 102 Chris BURDEN Trans-Fixed, 1974 page 103 Paul MCCARTHY Hot Poo. 1974page 104 Mike PARR Cathartic Action: Social Geslus No. 5.1977 page 105 John EUfjCAfJ Blind Dale. 1980 page 105 Mike KELLEK Plato's Cave. Rothko's Chapel. Lincoln's Profile, 1986page!05 Cindy SHERMAN Untitled No. 175.1987 page 106 Andres SERRANO Piss Christ. 1987 page 107 Karen FINLEY We Keep Our Victims Ready. 1989 page 108 Bob FLANAGAN and Sheree ROSE Visiting Hours. 1992 page 109 Bob FLANAGAN Auto-EroticS&M 1999paoe109 Annie SPRINKLE Post-Pom Modernist Show, 1992 page 110 Ron AIB1Y. 4 Scenes in a Harsh Life. 1994 page 110 FRANKO B Mama, I Can't Sing. 1996 page 110 Elke KRYSTUFEK Satisfaction. 1996 paae 111 Marina ABRAMOVIC Balkan Baroque. 1997 pace 112-113 t

GESTURING BODIES page 70

Yves KLEIN. Leap into the Void. 1960page70 Robert MORRIS I-Box. 1962 pagc'7! Dick HISGINS and Alison KNOWLES Danger Music No.2.1962 page 72 TetsumiKUfiO Philosophy of Impotence. 1942 page 72 Ben VAUTIER Geste: Rentrer dans I'eau (Gesture: To enter the water]. 1964/72 page 72.73 Yoko ONO Cut Piece. 1964 page 74 Milan KN[Z*AK Demonstration for all the Senses. 1964 page 75 HI RED CFNTFR^ Maquetle of the Hi Red Center Shelter (Hotel Event). 1964 page 76 Joseph BEUYSI Like America and America Likes Me. 1974 page 76 Joseph BEUYS How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare. 1965 page 77 Bruce NAUMAN Art Make-up Films No. 1: Green. 1967-68 page 78 Bruce NAUMAN Self-Portrait as a Fountain. 1966-67 page 78 Paul COTTMThe People's Prick. 1969 page 79 Bruce NAUMAN Walking in an Exaggerated Manner Around the Perimeter of a Square. 1967-48 page 60-81 Yayoi KUSAMA Grand Orgy to Awaken the Dead at MoMA. 1969 page 82 2!U2EiH&fjEOJiGTheSingingSculpture. 1970page63 Dennis OPENHEJM Parallel Stress. 1970 page 84 Joan JOJSAS Mirror Check. 1970 page 65' Bas Jan 4PJE I'm Too Sadto Tell You. 1970 page 85 Giuseppe PENONE Rovesciare i propri occhi [To reverse ones eyes], 1970 page 86

BODY BOUNDARIES page 114

Peter VVEJBJJ, and Valie EXPORT Aus der Mappe der Hundigkeit (From the Portfolio of Doggishness], 1968 page 114 Yayoi KUSAMA Kusama's Peep Show or Endless Love Show. 1966 page 115 Dennis OPPENHEIM and Bob FIORE Arm and Wire. 1969 page 116 Valie EXPORT Eros/ion. 1971 page 116 Barbara SMITH Feed Me. 1973 page 116 VitoACCONCI Seedbed. 1972 paoe 117 . Dennis OPPENHEIM Reading Position for a Second Degree Bum. 1970 page 118 Vito AC2NCI Trademarks. 1970 page 119 Vito ACCONCI and Kathv DILLON Prvinos. 1971 page 119

GinafiAJjELeLaitChaud (Warm milk). 1972pagel20 Barry LEVA Velocity Piece No.2.1970 page 121 Chris BURDEN Shoot. 1971 paoe 122
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. Laura AGUILAR In Sandys Room (Self-Portrait). 1991 page 157 John COPLANS Self-Portrait (Standing. Side View. Three Panels. No. 5). 1993 page 158 Oladele Ajiboye BAMGBOYtt Celebrate. 1994 page 159 Coco FUSCO andGuillermo G6MEZ-PENATwo Undiscovered Amerindians Visit Madrid. 1992 page 159 MarikoMORJMiko no Inori (Last Departure), 1996 page 160 Shirin NESHAT Faceless. 1994 paoe 161

William WEGMAN Family Combinations, 1972 page 122 Gianni PISANI Each Morning Before Going Out. 1973 page 122 Klaus BJHKi Deplazierung [Changing loctation according to points in time], 1972 page 123 Marina ABRAMOVIC Rhythm 2.1974 page 124 ABRAMOVICand ULAY Imponderabilia: 1977 pagel24 Marina ABRAMOVIC Rhythm 0.1974 page 125 Susan HJLLER. Dream Mapping. 1974 page 126 Petr STEMBERA Grafting. 1975 page 126 Bill VIOLA The Space between the Teeth. 1976 page 127 Raul ZURITA No. no puedo mds [No. I can't stand it any longer]. 1979 page 128 Diamela ELTIT Maipu. 1980 page 128 ZbioniewWARPECHOWSKI Nail Driven Through the Hand. 1980 page 128 Linda MONTANO and Tehching HSIEH A Year Spent Tied Together at the Waist. 1983-84 page 129 Jayne PARKER K, 1989 page 130 Teresa MURAE Seed. 1989 page 131 Peoe ESPALlO Carrvino. 1992 page 131 Mona HATOUM Corps stranger. 1994 paoe 132.133

ABSENT BODIES page 162

Marcel DUCHAMP With My Tongue in My Cheek, 1959 page 162 Piero MANZONI Artists Breath. 1960 page 163 Piero MANZ0N1 Artists Shit. 1961 page 163 Bruce NAUMAN From Hand to Mouth. 1967 page 164 Terry FOX Levitation. 1970 page 165 Richard LONG A Line Made by Walking. 1967 page 166 Howard FRIED All My Dirty Blue Clothes. 1970 page 166 CESAR Masque XXIII (Mask XXIII). 1968 page 166 Giuseppe PENONE Piede (Foot). 1972pagel67 Alan SONFIST Last Will and Testament. 1973 page 168 Ana MENDIETA Untitled (from the Silueta' series). 1976 page 169 Francesca WOODMAN House No. 4. Providence. Rhode Island. 1975-76 page 170 Francesca WOODMAN Untitled (from the Angel Series, Rome). 1977-78 page 171

PERFORMING IDENTITY page 134

Yavoi KUSAMA Untitled. c. 1964 page 134 Pierre MQL1MER The Spur of Love. 1966-68 page 135 Vito ACEQNCJ Conversions. 1971 page 136 Judy CHICAGO Boxing Ring. 1970 page 137 Faith WILDING Waitino. 1971 page 137 UrsLOmi Self-Portrait with Ecky. 1974 page 138 Adrian PIPER The Mythic Being. 1975 page 139 Adrian PJPJB Catalysis IV. 1970-71 pagel39 JQrgen KLAUKE Transformer. 1973 page 140 Katharina SIEVERDING Transformer 1 A/B. 1973 page 141 Lynda BENGLIS Untitled. 1974 paoe 142 Robert MORRIS Untitled. 1974 p3ge 143 Mary Beth EDELSON Goddess Head. 1975 page 1 a Carolee SCHNEEMANN Interior Scroll. 1975 page 145 Paul MCCARTHY Sailor's Meat. 1975 page 146 Ulrike ROSENBACH Don't believe I am an Amazon. 1975 page 147 Cartos LEPJ Perchero [Coat Hanger], 1975 page 147 HannahfflUSE Exchange Values (Marx). 1978-44 page 148 Hannah WILKE Opportunity Makes Relations as it Makes Thieves (Goethe). 1978-84 page 148 Hannah WILKE His Farced Epistol (Joyce). 1978-84 page 148 Hannah WILKE (with Donald GODDARD) Intra-Venus. 1993 page 149 Robert MAPPLETHORPE Self-Portrait with Bullwhip. 1978 page 150 Sherman FLEMING Something Akin to Living. 1979 page 150 Mona HATOUM The Negotiating Table. 1983 page 150 Cindy SHERMAN Untitled No. 15,1978 page 151 Cindy SHEJ3MAJS Untitled No. 131,1983 page 151 Andy HASHOL Self-Portrait in Drag. 1981 page 152 Pipilotli RJST I'm Not the Girl Who Misses Much. 1986 page 153 James LU{1A The Artifact Piece. 1987 page 154 Loma SIMPSON Guarded Conditions. 1989 page 154 Lyle Ashton HARRIS and Renee 2X. Queen. Alias & Id: The Child. 1994 page 155 Yasumasa MORIMURA Doublenaoe (Marcel). 1988 page 155 JeffKOONS. Untitled, 1989 page 156

Antony GORMLEY Bed. 1981 page172 Helen CHADWICK Viral Landscape No. 3.1988-89 page 173 Marc QUjNJj Self. 1991 page 174 Charles Bt Oh Charley. Charley. Charley.... 1992 page 174 Miroslaw BAEKA 2 x /o2.5 x 167 x 15/. 1990 page 176 Janine ANIQNJ Eureka. 1993 page 177 Mona rJAJOUM Recollection. 1995 page 177

EXTENDED AND PROSTHETIC BODIES page 178

Atsuko TANAKA Electric Dress. 1956 page 178 Nam June PAJK and Charlotte MOORMAN Human Cello (Interpreting John Cage's '261.1499 for a String Player), 1965 page 179 Nam June PAIK and Charlotte MOORMAN TV Bra fora Living Sculpture. 1969 page 179 Lygia CLARK Dialogo de manos [Dialogue of Hands], 1966 page 180 Lygia CLARK The I and the You Clothing/Body/Clothing. 1967 page 181 Helio OmCICA Wearing Parangole PI 9 Capa 15. Gileasa, to Gilberto Gil. 1968 page 181 James Lee BYABS Five in a Dress. 1969 page 182 Louise BOURGEOIS Costume for 'A Banquet'. 1978 page 182 Rebecca HOfiMArm-Extensionen (Arm Extensions). 1970 page 183 Rebecca HORN Fingerhandschuhe (Finger Gloves), 1972 page 183 STELARC Event for Stretched Skin. 1976 page 184 SIELARThe Third Hand, 1976-80 page 184 ORLAN Omnipresence. 1993 page 185 MatthewEAfitHY BLIND PERINEUM. 1991 page 186 Heir REKULA Hyperventilation. 1993 page 187 Leigh BOWERY Leigh Bowery in Performance at the Anthony D'Offay Gallery, 11-15 October 1988.1988 page 187 Lucy ORJA The Unit. 1996 page 187 Stahl STENSLIE and Kirk WOLFORD CyoerSM. 1994 page 188 Bruce GILCHRIST (with Jonathan BRADLEY) Divided by Resistance, 1996 page 188 Eole RAKAUSKAITE In Honey. 1996 page 189