Adrian Piper, Eleanor Antin, Anna Deavere Smith and Nikki S Lee have all crossed racial, ethnic, gender and class boundaries in works they have concieved and performed. Cherise Smith analyses their engagements with issues of identity through close readings of perfromances by each artist.
Charts the journey of the 2002 Liverpool Biennial.
This ‘exhibition in a book’ features the work of over 100 artists who examine the place and function of performance in the contemporary world.