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Performance art

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: performance art    		Controlled list
Authority
Classification Terms:
          performance and installation art
          Modern art
Controlled list
Titles or Names Text: Angels//Anvils
    Preference: preferred
    Type: artist's 		Free text
Controlled list
Creation Creator Description: Sean Kilcoyne (American, contemporary) and Daniel Reeves (American, born 1948) Free text
  Identity: Kilcoyne, Sean
Roles: performance artist

Identity: Reeves, Daniel
Roles: performance artist 		Authority
Authority
  Statement: […] Who holds the patent on the black disposable bags worn home by some of your closest friends that year? Who named Napalm? Authority
  Creation Date: 1989
Earliest: 1989  Latest: 1989 		Free text
Controlled format
  Creation Place/Original Location: unavailable Authority
Measurements Dimensions Description: 90-minute installation / performance Free text
  Value: 90 Unit: minutes Type: performance time Controlled list and controlled format
Materials and Techniques Description: multimedia installation/performance Free text
  Material Name:  
        multimedia work
Technique Names:  
        installation  
        performance art 		Authority
Subject Matter Indexing terms:
        performing
        Vietnam War
        death
        remorse 		Authority
Descriptive Note Text: A collage of video and film projections are the background for four performers who move around the stage carrying out movement sequences. Images of nature give way to images of war, including helicopters, troops marching and in combat. Free text
Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: not applicable Authority
Revised 28 August 2006