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the artist as artwork: self-exhibits


Piero Manzoni:
Magic Base, 1961


Robert Morris: Untitled
(Box for standing), 1961


Tim Ulrichs: Selbstausstellung, 1961

[1991 remake]


Remko Scha, 1965



Gilbert & George:
Our New Sculpture, 1969


Henk Jurriaans, 1975




Robert Filliou: Yes (Action Poem).

Performance for poet and lecturer. The poet sits in a chair, silent and motionless. Behind him, the lecturer presents a fairly extensive lecture describing the body parts and bodily functions of the poet. After the lecture, the poet recites a brief poem stating his ideal of "sitting quietly, doing nothing".

Performed in 1965 at the Café au Go-Go in New York by Robert Filliou (poet) and Alison Knowles (lecturer).




Ben Vautier: Sculpture Vivante, 1962


Gerhard Richter & Konrad Lueg: Leben mit Pop, 1963


Chris Burden: Jaizu, 1972

    


Gottfried Bechtold: 100 Tage Anwesenheit in Kassel, 1972


 

    

Ben Vautier, 1966



Keith Arnatt, 1972
     

 




Hermann Nitsch: Aktion I, 1962



Chris Burden: Transfixed, 1974

 


Stelarc: Event for Lateral Suspension, 1978


Musafa: Dances Sacred and Profane, 1982

 

Obscure sources:


Robert Filliou: "Yes. An action poem." In: A Filliou Sampler. New York: Something Else Press, 1967, pp. 5-10.

Henk Jurriaans: M'n Leven als Kunstwerk. Amsterdam: Contact, 1976.