{"product_id":"correspondence-course-an-epistolary-history-of-carolee-schneemann-and-her-circle-paperback-2","title":"Correspondence Course: An Epistolary History of Carolee Schneemann and Her Circle - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKristine Stiles\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCarolee Schneemann\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreator of such acclaimed works as the performance \u003ci\u003eMeat Joy\u003c\/i\u003e and the film \u003ci\u003eFuses\u003c\/i\u003e, for decades the artist Carolee Schneemann has saved the letters she has written and received. Much of this correspondence is published here for the first time, providing an epistolary history of Schneemann and other figures central to the international avant-garde of happenings, Fluxus, performance, and conceptual art. Schneemann corresponded for more than forty years with such figures as the composer James Tenney, the filmmaker Stan Brakhage, the artist Dick Higgins, the dancer and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer, the poet Clayton Eshleman, and the psychiatrist Joseph Berke. Her \"tribe,\" as she called it, altered the conditions under which art is made and the form in which it is presented, shifting emphasis from the private creation of unique objects to direct engagement with the public in ephemeral performances and in expanded, nontraditional forms of music, film, dance, theater, and literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristine Stiles selected, edited, annotated, and wrote the introduction to the letters, assembling them so that readers can follow the development of Schneemann's art, thought, and private and public relationships. The correspondence chronicles a history of energy and invention, joy and sorrow, and charged personal and artistic struggles. It sheds light on the internecine aesthetic politics and mundane activities that constitute the exasperating vicissitudes of making art, building an artistic reputation, and negotiating an industry as unpredictable and demanding as the art world in the mid- to late twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot only a revelatory stroll in Carolee Schneemann's teeming archive, Correspondence Course\" demonstrates that letters, no less than canvases or installations, are works of art. An exquisitely dense meditation on address, Schneemann's revelatory letters and Kristine Stiles's deft critical framing perform a radical reconception of art history itself. At once deeply personal and profoundly philosophical, \"Correspondence Course\" illuminates and complicates pretty much every notion I have had about the past fifty years of avant-garde art. A brilliant, breathtaking, stunning book.\"--Peggy Phelan, Stanford University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristine Stiles is Professor of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMarina Abramovic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStates of Mind: Dan \u0026amp; Lia Perjovschi\u003c\/i\u003e and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eTheories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarolee Schneemann is a multidisciplinary artist whose painting, photography, film, video, performance art, and installation works have been shown at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), the National Film Theatre (London), and Anthology Film Archives. She is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the College Art Association and the author of \u003ci\u003eImaging Her Erotics\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e More Than Meat Joy: Performance Works and Selected Writings\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCezanne, She Was A Great Painter\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 8.9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45808332931269,"sku":"9780822345114","price":57.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/64IUAXDyaz9780822345114_b06e6295-13ac-48f7-887e-8e3071015f11.webp?v=1770930925","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/correspondence-course-an-epistolary-history-of-carolee-schneemann-and-her-circle-paperback-2","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}