Cultural theories trace performance art back to early 20th century Russian Constructivist, Futurist, and Dada movements. Yves Klein created conceptual pieces in the 1950s that were precursors to performance art. One of the earliest documented Happenings was Allan Kaprow's in 1961, while other pioneers included Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Whitman, and Wolf Vostell. In the 1960s, Barbara T. Smith and artists like Carolee Schneemann and Joan Jonas led feminist body art. The 1970s saw performance art presented in a more radical form, exemplified by the controversial works of Chris Burden and Vito Acconci.

1. Cultural theories often trace
performance art activity back to
the beginning of the 20th century,
to the Russian Constructivist
Futurist and Dada.
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2. Russian Constructivist art
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Dadas art

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4. Yves Klein had been a precursor of
performance art with the conceptual
pieces of Zone de Sensibilite Picturale
Immaterielle (Zones of Immaterial
pictorial Sensibility) 1959-1962, and
works like the photomontage, Saut dans
le vide.
the most expensive yveis klein paintings

5. One of the earliest Happenings
artwork was Allan Kaprow’s
Happenings in the New York Scene,
written in 1961 as the form was
developing.
happenings are event’s that, put simply, happen.

6. Other artist who created Happenings includes
Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, Robert
Whitman, and Wolf vostell.
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7. Barbara T. Smith with Ritual meal (1969) was
at the
forefront of the feminist body art,
among others including:
Carolee Schneemann, and Joan Jonass.
Barbara T. Smith: Performance Audio 1969-
1988
Carolee Schneemann: Kinetic Painting
Joan Jonas, Crystal
Sculpture from Reanimation
2010-13

8. the beginning of the 1970’s began to
present performance art in a stricker
form.
1970’s

9. New artist with radical piece Shoot, in
performances were Chris Burden, with
the 1971 performance which he was
shot in his left arm by an assistant from
a distance of about five meters, and
Vito Acconci in the same year with
seedbed.
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Burden
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