2014 Pavlína Morganová – Czech Action Art

Pavlína Morganová – Czech Action Art: Happenings, Actions, Events, Land Art, Body Art and Performance Art Behind the Iron Curtain

Prague: Karolinum Press, 2014. Softcover, 8vo., 288pp.

The first comprehensive English-language survey of Czech action art from the 1960s through the late socialist period. Art historian Pavlína Morganová examines happenings, performances, body art, land art, and experimental actions created under Communist rule, situating them within both local cultural conditions and the broader international history of performance art. Richly illustrated with documentary photographs, archival materials, and contemporary reproductions. New.