¥2,750
Theatre by Dan Graham
A collection of works by American artist Dan Graham.
This artist's book documents Graham's early performances, which took place between 1969 and 1977, and includes notes, scripts, and performance images for each piece. First published in 1978 and now produced in a facsimile edition, this publication focuses on several key works that question and undermine the psychological and social spaces created by and between individuals within the performance venue.
Like much of Graham's work, these performance pieces serve as critiques of cultural norms, many of which draw on commercial practices as social acts amplified over time. For example, in Lax/Relax (1969), Graham's subversion of West Coast New Ageism, a woman meditatively utters "Lax" while Graham simultaneously chants "Relax," leading the audience into a 30-minute collective breathing exercise and hypnotic state.
Throughout the 70s, Graham produced a series of works that subverted the established roles of audience and performer, each playing both roles simultaneously (creating a sort of feedback loop). Reflecting on another work from this period, Graham stated, "Starting with minimal art, these performances are about the audience seeing themselves as they are seen by others." He further developed this paradigm with his Performer/Audience Sequence (1975) and Performer/Audience Mirror (1977), in which Graham performed by describing not only himself but also his audience, and the audience performed for the artist as well as for themselves.
Also included are 1971's "Like," 1972's "Past Future Split Attention," and 1977's "Identification Projection."
First edition: 2,500 copies.
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Title: Theatre
Artist: Dan Graham
Primary Information, 2021
Softcover, 147 x 210 mm
52 pages
First edition of 2500 copies
ISBN: 9781736534632
¥2,500 + tax
This artist's book documents Graham's early performances, which took place between 1969 and 1977, and includes notes, scripts, and performance images for each piece. First published in 1978 and now produced in a facsimile edition, this publication focuses on several key works that question and undermine the psychological and social spaces created by and between individuals within the performance venue.
Like much of Graham's work, these performance pieces serve as critiques of cultural norms, many of which draw on commercial practices as social acts amplified over time. For example, in Lax/Relax (1969), Graham's subversion of West Coast New Ageism, a woman meditatively utters "Lax" while Graham simultaneously chants "Relax," leading the audience into a 30-minute collective breathing exercise and hypnotic state.
Throughout the 70s, Graham produced a series of works that subverted the established roles of audience and performer, each playing both roles simultaneously (creating a sort of feedback loop). Reflecting on another work from this period, Graham stated, "Starting with minimal art, these performances are about the audience seeing themselves as they are seen by others." He further developed this paradigm with his Performer/Audience Sequence (1975) and Performer/Audience Mirror (1977), in which Graham performed by describing not only himself but also his audience, and the audience performed for the artist as well as for themselves.
Also included are 1971's "Like," 1972's "Past Future Split Attention," and 1977's "Identification Projection."
First edition: 2,500 copies.
-
Title: Theatre
Artist: Dan Graham
Primary Information, 2021
Softcover, 147 x 210 mm
52 pages
First edition of 2500 copies
ISBN: 9781736534632
¥2,500 + tax