Critical Live Art

Notes

This item is part of the ‘Glimpses of before: 1970s UK Performance Art’ Study Room Guide by Helena Goldwater (P2497)

Artist / Author	Various
Editor	Dominic Johnson
Publisher	Routledge: London & New York
Reference	P2105
Date	2013
Type	Publication

Keywords

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