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A pedestrian blockade

Dublin Core

Title

A pedestrian blockade

Subject

Artist supplied tags
Artist Keywords:
Tags supplied by Dr. Jana Harper, of Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Sam Fox Keywords: Performance / actions
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library Keywords: Beirne, Bill, 1941-
Library Keywords: Artists' books -- New York (State)
Library Keywords: Pedestrians -- In art

Description

Title Description - 'A Pedestrian Blockade' was performed on March 11, 1972 by Carolyn Haas, Linda Meskof, and Paul Stitelman at the intersection of 57th Street and Madison Avenue in New York City from 4:45 to 4:50. The work is representative of several street performances Bill Beirne has executed since 1970 and exemplifies his concern with the direct interaction of art and its audience outside the usual art context. In this particular work, the performers appear first to be one with the pedestrians but by maintaining the same position for five minutes their activity - which is aesthetically based - begins to distinguish itself from the routine activity of the pedestrians. 29 June 2009 (printedmatter.org).

Catalog record.

Creator

Beirne, Bill - United States 1941

Source

New York, The Collation Center, 1977
New York, Distributed by Wittenborn Art Books, Inc., 1977

Publisher

Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries

Date

2008

Identifier

bei_bil_pro_0033_0093

Citation

Beirne, Bill - United States 1941, “A pedestrian blockade,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed March 29, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/6.