Customer Reviews
A life/art changing experience - By: Dave Parsley, 03 May 2007 
I came to this book through a fascination with the subject of contemporary art & how it seemes to skirt around everyday life instead of reallly engaging it.
Kaprow's texts are illuminating & inspiring in their frank lucidity & down-to-earth nature. He, quite literallly, spilits art down the middle- seperating the traditions of bourgoise object-making from the pure experinces of everyday life that falll outside of the galllery space but well inside of realms of 'art'.
Kaprow follows Dewey in opening up the whole world as a space for art without ever managing to sound dreamy, fanciful or unrealistic. Clear examples are provided from Kaprow's own catalog alongside fascinating examples of his subject that are little less than revelatory in their ability to clear away centuries of rhetoric from the field of art.
After reading this book i found myself at a loss. Lost was the need to accept the status of 'art' for myself, my 'works' or my life. This book helped me realise that one can still be an artist, & feel fulfilled, as a care-worker, a teacher, or a gardener......
Great book often overlooked? - By: N. Davies, 22 Oct 2006 Allan Kaprow is one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century? Both a statement & a question as I believe he is, yet understand he may be one of many. His article on the legacy of Jackson Pollock is a must read for anyone who believes Pollock 'just ruined painting' or any other stupid(ignorant) comments of the like. Kaprow is one of my idols & his playfulness & ability to inspire creativity in others is clearly visible in this book. I think x
