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Mike Parr Performances 1971–2008

Mike Parr is Australia’s most significant performance artist. His contribution to the development and establishment of performance art in Australia remains continuous and resolute. Parr’s dedication and research into the boundaries of performance art within the parameters of art history and theory are unprecedented.
At the forefront of performance art in Australia in 1970, Parr explored areas far removed from mainstream visual culture at the time. Despite the contempt, he persevered, remaining true to his practice.
This long awaited book pays homage to Parr’s achievements and is an essential admission into Australia’s cultural memory. Compiled by the artist, this first hand account includes an extraordinary array of photographic documentation together with performance scripts and the artist’s writings on his work, encapsulating the qualities that have made Mike Parr one of Australia’s greatest cultural assets on the world stage.
Parr has performed in Switzerland, France, Austria, Italy, USA, Japan, The Philippines, Sweden and throughout Australia since 1973.

$199.00 - ISBN 9781863952552 - Schwartz City- July 2008

So Far: The Art of Dale Frank 1980–2005

So Far: The Art of Dale Frank 1980–2005 traces a trajectory in the work of Australian artist Dale Frank. The book considers his early performances of the 1970s and early 1980s and the themes that emerged from the mid-1990s onward culminating with a discussion of his most recent paintings. This extraordinarily beautiful book includes instances of the large-scale drawings, the ‘social sculptures’ and the ‘Varnish Paintings’.
So Far is a magnificent career retrospective monograph, notable for its high production values and the new light it sheds on a major Australian artist.
Frank is amongst the best known and respected artists of his generation. He has shown extensively in Australia, Europe and the US and amongst many exhibitions, has had a major survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

$199.00 - ISBN 9781863953665 - Schwartz City - Feb 2008