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Title Pleading in the blood : the art and performances of Ron Athey / edited by Dominic Johnson.

Publication Info. Bristol : Intellect Books, 2013.
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Intellect live
Intellect live.
Summary Ron Athey is an iconic figure in contemporary art and performance. In his frequently bloody portrayals of life, death, crisis, and fortitude in the time of AIDS, Athey calls into question the limits of artistic practice. These limits enable Athey to explore key themes including gender, sexuality, radical sex, queer activism, post-punk and industrial culture, tattooing and body modification, ritual, and religion. This landmark publication includes Athey's own writings, commissioned essays by maverick artists and leading academics, and full-color images of Athey's art and performances since the early 1980s. The diverse range of artistic and critical contributors to the book reflects Athey's creative and cultural impact, among them musician Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons who contributed a foreword.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION: TOWARDS A MORAL AND JUST PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT; 'THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SAY HALLELUJAH!'; 'DOES A BLOODY TOWEL REPRESENT THE IDEALS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?': RON ATHEY AND THE CULTURE WARS; BOMBS AWAY IN FRONT-LINE SUBURBIA; DELIVERANCE: THE 'TORTURE TRILOGY' IN RETROSPECT; THE IRREPLACEABLE BODIES: RESISTANCE THROUGH FEROCIOUS FRAGILITY; ATHEY-ISM, COLLABORATION, AND HUSTLER WHITE; SEX WITH RON; THE MAN AND HIS TATTOOS (BY THE MAN WHO DID THEM); THE MILK FACTORY ON WINCHESTER; FLASH: ON PHOTOGRAPHING RON ATHEY.
HOW RON ATHEY MAKES ME FEEL: THE POLITICAL POTENTIAL OF UPSETTING ARTRAISED IN THE LORD: REVELATIONS AT THE KNEE OF MISS VELMA; JOYCE: THE VIOLENT DISBELIEF OF RON ATHEY; JUDAS CRADLE: INVASIVE RESONANCE; ILLICIT TRANSIT; BY WORD OF MOUTH: RON ATHEY'S SELF-OBLITERATION; THE NEW BARBARIANS: A DECLARATION OF POETIC DISOBEDIENCE FROM THE NEW BORDER; FURTHER READING; AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX; UNTITLED; BackCover.
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Subject Athey, Ron.
Athey, Ron.
Athey, Ron.
Sadomasochism in art.
Sadomasochism in art.
Performance art -- United States.
Performance art.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Performance art.
Added Author Johnson, Dominic, 1980- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Pleading in the blood : the art and performances of Ron Athey. Bristol, UK : Intellect : 2013 9781783200351 (OCoLC)849907540
ISBN 9781783201747 (electronic book)
1783201746 (electronic book)
9781299731417 (electronic book)
1299731414 (electronic book)
9781783200351
1783200359