Charlotte Moorman was a bold, barrier-breaking musician and performance artist and a tireless champion of experimental art, whose avant-garde festivals in New York City brought new art forms to a broad public. To date, recognition of Moorman has been limited mostly to her collaborations with other artists, including composer John Cage and pioneering multimedia artist Nam June Paik, and to her 1967 performance of Paik's "Opera Sextronique," for which she became known as the "topless cellist" after being arrested on indecency ...
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Charlotte Moorman was a bold, barrier-breaking musician and performance artist and a tireless champion of experimental art, whose avant-garde festivals in New York City brought new art forms to a broad public. To date, recognition of Moorman has been limited mostly to her collaborations with other artists, including composer John Cage and pioneering multimedia artist Nam June Paik, and to her 1967 performance of Paik's "Opera Sextronique," for which she became known as the "topless cellist" after being arrested on indecency charges.
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New. Charlotte Moorman (1933-1991) was a classically trained cellist who rose to fame in the 1960s as a performance artist. Her archive resides at the NU Library, and she will be the subject of a Block Museum exhibition opening in January 2016. The essays in this exhibition catalogue explore various aspects of her artistic endeavours and legacy. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1021. 2015. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.