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5%OFFJoan Rothfuss - Topless Cellist: The Improbable Life of Charlotte Moorman - 9780262533584 - V9780262533584
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Topless Cellist: The Improbable Life of Charlotte Moorman

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Description for Topless Cellist: The Improbable Life of Charlotte Moorman Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 100 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ACXD2; AVRL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 25. .
The first book to explore the extraordinary career of musician and performance artist Charlotte Moorman, whose work combined classical rigor, avant-garde experiment, and madcap daring. The Juilliard-trained cellist Charlotte Moorman sat nude behind a cello of carved ice, performed while dangling from helium-filled balloons, and deployed an array of instruments on The Mike Douglas Show that included her cello, a whistle, a cap gun, a gong, and a belch. She did a striptease while playing Bach in Nam June Paik's Sonata for Adults Only. In the 1960s, Moorman (1933-1991) became famous for her madcap (and often unclothed) ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262533584
SKU
V9780262533584
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About Joan Rothfuss
Joan Rothfuss is an independent writer and curator based in Minneapolis.

Reviews for Topless Cellist: The Improbable Life of Charlotte Moorman
Topless Cellist is a brilliant portrait of a true original and the chaotic, confrontational, destructive, absurd era in which she lived. It's also a must read for anyone who was flirting with Artland back then, or wishes they'd been on the scene. A portrait of the times as much as the woman, Topless Cellist, gives a full measure of a ... Read more

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