Is there such a thing as contemporary art history? The contemporary, after all—as much as we may want to consider it otherwise—is being made history as it happens. By what means do we examine this mov
Examining the work of various contemporary artists across seven individual essays, Blocker (art history, U. of Minnesota) explores a range of issues that arise within theories of witness, in particula
Blocker (art history, U. of Minnesota) examines performance art works by Carolee Schneemann, Vito Acconci, Hannah Wilke, Yves Klein, Ana Mendieta, and others, in a challenge to earlier critiques that
Because performance is by its very nature ephemeral, it elicits a desire for what is lost more than any other form of art making. But what is the nature of that desire, and on what models has it been
Ana Mendieta, a Cuban-born artist who lived in exile in the United States, was one of the most provocative and complex personalities of the 1970s’ artworld. In Where Is Ana Mendieta? art histor
