Extreme performance art
Since the beginning of the Dadaism in the Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich in 1916, many artists have experimented with extreme performance art as a critique of contemporary consumer culture. Some have used bodily fluids such as blood, faeces and urine. Other times they perform self-mutilation. In the 1960s and 1970s extreme performance was elevated to a movement with the Viennese actionists. In recent times there has been a resurgence in extreme performance as a response to the increasing alienation some artists feel in the face of today's technological advances.
Some contemporary artists using extreme performance:
- Ron Athey
- Franko B
- Bob Flanagan
- Yang Zhichao
- Miss Crash
- La Congelada de Uva
External links
- Bob Flanagan Pain Journal
- Bob Flanagan history
- Ron Athey
- Franko B Tate Modern
- Franko B centre of attention
- Lennie Lee Museum of arts and sciences Valencia