Bobby Baker -

Bobby Baker

Redeeming Features of Daily Life

Michèle Barrett, Bobby Baker (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
276 Seiten
2007
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-44410-1 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
The first full-length book by and about one of the most important performance artists working today, this collection brings together a 'best of' selection of the myriad articles written about Baker's work by various writers and academics including Marina Warner and Griselda Pollock.
Bobby Baker is one of most widely acclaimed and popular performance artists working today. Over the course of a thirty-five-year career she has toured the globe with her wildly stimulating explorations of 'Daily Life' and has been extensively written about and studied.

This fully-illustrated book brings together for the first time an account of Baker's career as an artist – from her first sculptures at Central St Martins in the early 1970s to her most recent work, 'How to Live' and 'Diary Drawings' – with critical commentary by reviewers and academic practitioners.

It includes:



Bobby Baker's own 'Chronicle' of her work as artist and performer
illuminating critical writing about Baker's shows
transcripts of Baker's performances and other original materials reproduced here for the first time
significant new essays by Michele Barrett and Griselda Pollock
a new interview with Bobby Baker by Adrian Heathfield.

Under the guiding editorial hand of distinguished cultural theorist Michèle Barrett, this volume is an essential text for students interested in performance, gender, and visual culture, and a hugely absorbing and accessible account of Baker's work.

Bobby Baker has been commissioned and/or invited to perform at festivals all over the world, including Adelaide, Chicago, Munich, New Zealand, Slovenia, Brazil, London (the LIFT festival), Brighton, Glasgow, Cairo, and Covent Garden. Venues for her shows include the V&A Museum, the Serpentine Gallery and the Royal Festival Hall. Her work within the university sector includes workshops and residencies at Giessen University in Germany, the University of Essex, and universities in Beijing and Taiwan. She has also performed in New York, Pittsburgh, Helsinki, Dublin, and Edinburgh. She currently has a Creative Arts Fellowship at Queen Mary, University of London. Michele Barratt is Professor of Modern Literary and Cultural Theory at Queen Mary College, University of London. She has published with Verso, Polity, Penguin, Columbia University Press and The Women's Press.  

Part 1: The Artist Introduction. A Historical Artist Bobby Baker. The Tale of the Early Years. Chronicle of Selected Artworks Part 2: The Work Editorial. An Introduction to Baker's Performance Work. Feminist Autobiography and Performance Art. Risk in Intimacy: An Interview with Bobby Baker. The Rebel at the Heart of the Joker. Upstaged by the Foodie Gaze. Feminist Performance as Archive. Saying the Unsayable: A Second Interview Part 3: The Shows Editorial. Drawing on a Mother's Experience. Transcript. Interview with David Tushingham. Review of My Cooking Competes. Daily Life I: Kitchen Show. Booklet Text. Action No. 3 [TV transcript]. Daily Life II: How to Shop. Daily Life III: Take a Peek! Daily Life IV: Grown-Up School. Daily Life V: Box Story. Transcript. 'Dear Bobby'. How to Live. Script Extract. Diary Drawings. Bibliography and Sources

Erscheint lt. Verlag 6.11.2007
Zusatzinfo 150 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 884 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
ISBN-10 0-415-44410-1 / 0415444101
ISBN-13 978-0-415-44410-1 / 9780415444101
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