Pleading in the Blood: The Art and Performances of Ron Athey, Edited by Dominic Johnson, Signed 1st ed.

LADA / Intellect 
2013 
Hardcover 
1st Edition 
248 Pages 
20 x 27.5cm 

Condition: Good 

Signed by Ron Athey and Dominic Johnson.

This volume documents the work of performance artist Ron Athey, whose confrontational pieces engage with sexuality, ritual, pain, religion, and the body. Combining essays, photographs, interviews, and critical analysis, the book situates Athey within the histories of queer performance, body art, and AIDS-era activism. Both archival and analytical, it provides an important record of one of the most challenging figures in contemporary performance art.

Contributions from: Ron Athey, Homi K. Bhabha, Alex Binnie, Jennifer Doyle, Tim Etchells, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Matthew Goulish, Catherine (Saalfield) Gund, Adrian Heathfield, Antony Hegarty, Dominic Johnson, Amelia Jones, Bruce LaBruce, Lydia Lunch, Catherine Opie, Juliana Snapper, Julie Tolentino, Robert Wilson