MIKE PARR - NEW BOOK BY EDWARD SCHEER, LAUNCH AT AGNSW
28 Apr 2010
The Infinity Machine: Mike Parr’s Performance Art, 1971–2005 – written by Edward Scheer, in close conversation with Mike Parr – is the first in depth, theoretical account of Mike Parr’s performance work.
The book locates Parr’s practice as critical to an understanding of his overall contribution to the visual arts in Australia, as well as to distinguish the practice within the history of performance art more broadly. Scheer groups the performances into five distinct phases, focussing on key themes such as aggression, duration and theatricality, and moves through key performance projects chronologically.
Scheer’s book follows the publication of Mike Parr: Performances, 1971–2008, which was a visual account, using contemporaneous images, of performances investigated in ‘The Infinity Machine’.
Both books are published by Schwartz City, an imprint of Schwartz Media, and designed by John Warwicker, tomato.
www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
The book locates Parr’s practice as critical to an understanding of his overall contribution to the visual arts in Australia, as well as to distinguish the practice within the history of performance art more broadly. Scheer groups the performances into five distinct phases, focussing on key themes such as aggression, duration and theatricality, and moves through key performance projects chronologically.
Scheer’s book follows the publication of Mike Parr: Performances, 1971–2008, which was a visual account, using contemporaneous images, of performances investigated in ‘The Infinity Machine’.
Both books are published by Schwartz City, an imprint of Schwartz Media, and designed by John Warwicker, tomato.
www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
