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Paul Panhuysen’s reply to our projects: What is performance art? and Timeline of performance art

Paul Panhuysen, 2011-10-05

Performance art is time-based visual art. It is an exploded theory that art is made for eternity. Presenting art on a temporal basis in a process of performance takes away this perpetual aspect of art.

What is performance art?

Performance art is time-based visual art.

It is an exploded theory that art is made for eternity. Presenting art on a temporal basis in a process of performance takes away this perpetual aspect of art.

Human beings have various senses of perception, and in daily life they use these senses simultaneously to get a correct impression of what's going on around them. Art can be expressed in images, words, sounds, music, smells,taste, movement, motion, touch and so on. All the senses are useful to express ideas, sentiments and feelings. It is only natural and normal that art broke through the borders of the traditionally divided artistic disciplines. This has opened up new territories for the arts.

Timeline of performance art

Paul Panhuysen's first performance was Bende van de Blauwe Hand (The Gang of the Blue Hand) and was made on the occasion of the opening exhibition of the members of the Bende van de Blauwe Hand at Galerie Al-Veka, The Hague, The Netherlands, in 1965 (see the B&W photo).