John Kelly- The Penultimate Performance Artist

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	• John Kelly (2wice Arts Foundation Monograph) John Kelly Aperture, 2001 - 152 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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John Kelly- The Penultimate Performance Artist

When you say the word "singer/songwriter," immediately people like Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon come to mind. Say the word "chef" and you automatically think of Julia Child or Prudhomme. Yet, when you say "performance artist," only one name rises above the rest like the aromatic smoke from an incense flame- John Kelly. What is a performance artist? What sets them apart from other artists? Why does John Kelly continue to inspire other artists and performers? Sheer brilliance- and passion. Whether on the stage at the Pyramid Club, Wigstock, or a Broadway theatre- Mr. Kelly's intimate yet intense portrayal of characters touches you- startles you- provokes you. This is his remarkable story. Long live John Kelly.

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Great photographers capture and interpret the performances of a madcap artist

Whether singing the songs of Robert Schumann or crooning Joni Mitchell, whether personifying the tortured Antonin Artaud, the glamorous Dagmar Onassis, or the enigmatic Mona Lisa, the performance artist, singer and dancer John Kelly is all diva, all talent, all the time.

With great pathos, gesture, kindness, intelligence and sensitivity, John Kelly portrays the emotional extremes of his subjects in all their complexity, yet with a grand sense of romance and humor.

Aperture is proud to present Kelly's remarkably expressive, poignant work for the first time in publication. John Kelly will profile this unique and singular talent as seen through the eyes of great photographers, including John Dugdale, Nan Goldin, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Peter Hujar, Dona Ann McAdams and others. The images will be complemented by Philip Yenawine's eloquent introduction and John Kelly's own extensive writings.

John Kelly is published by Aperture in association with 2wice Books.

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