• Original 1979 AA Bronson and Peggy Gale, eds., Performance by Artists, Art Metropole, Toronto. Softcover with white ground and bold black title typography, 'Performance by Artists' in large sans-serif type, editors' names below, Art Metropole imprint at foot.
  • Interior page from 1979 Performance by Artists, Art Metropole. Black-and-white photograph of Ulay and Marina Abramovic in a durational performance, two nude figures facing each other with a clothed photographer between them in a narrow doorway.
  • Interior page from 1979 Performance by Artists, Art Metropole, page 137. Black-and-white photograph of Ulrike Rosenbach in performance, figure in dramatic spotlight holding a large curved blade above her head, photos credited to Klaus vom Bruch, Rosenstiel and Edelgard Breitkopf.
  • Interior spread from 1979 Performance by Artists, Art Metropole. Colin Campbell as Robin in Modern Love, showing a black-and-white photograph of a figure with long hair and tie, alongside extended critical text on video performance, cross-dressing, and signification.
  • Interior contents page from 1979 Performance by Artists, Art Metropole. Full list of artists including Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Joseph Beuys, Daniel Buren, COUM Transmissions, General Idea, Ulrike Rosenbach, Ulay/Marina Abramovic, and commentaries by RoseLee Goldberg, Dick Higgins, and others.
  • Interior spread from 1979 Performance by Artists, Art Metropole. COUM Transmissions section showing Cosey Fanni Tutti in Playbirds magazine, 1976, alongside text on performance, transgression, and body art, with captioned photographs including a police photo and a concentration camp image.
  • Interior page from 1979 Performance by Artists, Art Metropole. Reindeer Werk section showing a black-and-white photograph of a round table covered with personal objects, tools, and documents, captioned as practical documentation from four days in Antwerp, Belgium, photo by Neils Torben Larsen.
  • Reverse of 1979 Performance by Artists, Art Metropole. Plain white back cover with Art Metropole address, Toronto, and ISBN, showing light handling marks and edge wear consistent with period artist publication.
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Art Metropole

AA Bronson & Peggy Gale, eds. — Performance by Artists

AA Bronson & Peggy Gale, eds. — Performance by Artists

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Important Art Metropole anthology edited by AA Bronson and Peggy Gale, gathering artist documentation, texts, and commentary around performance art in the 1970s. Includes material on Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Joseph Beuys, Daniel Buren, COUM Transmissions, General Idea, Ulrike Rosenbach, Ulay/Marina Abramovic, and others.

Published from the artist-run context of Art Metropole, the book sits between catalogue, archive, reader, and distribution object. Performance appears here as record: image, text, index, bibliography, and residue. A substantial document from a period when artist publications helped carry ephemeral practices into circulation.

Commentaries include texts by RoseLee Goldberg, Dick Higgins, Bruce Barber, and AA Bronson, alongside a substantial bibliography of periodical articles, special issues, books, and catalogues. The contents page alone functions as a partial map of performance art's institutional passage through the 1970s.

Format: Softcover anthology
Dimensions: 20 × 26 cm
Pages: 319
Print: Offset-printed text and black-and-white illustrations
Publisher: Art Metropole, Toronto, 1979
Edited by: AA Bronson and Peggy Gale
Condition: Good. Slight wear to edges, visible rubbing and handling to cover, interior pages clean and readable.

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