Definition of Gesture
http://csmt.uchicago.edu/glossary2004/gesture2.htm
According to the Oxford Online Dictionary, the noun form of the word, gesture, means a manner of carrying the body; bearing, carriage, deportment. [1] It is also an action performed to convey one’s feelings or intentions or an action performed for show in the knowledge that it will have no effect. The word gesture derives from the Latin word gerere, which means "to do," and the Latin word gestra meaning of action. [2] The verb form of the word means to make or use gestures, to gesticulate. [3]
Viviane Sassen
http://csmt.uchicago.edu/glossary2004/gesture2.htm
According to the Oxford Online Dictionary, the noun form of the word, gesture, means a manner of carrying the body; bearing, carriage, deportment. [1] It is also an action performed to convey one’s feelings or intentions or an action performed for show in the knowledge that it will have no effect. The word gesture derives from the Latin word gerere, which means "to do," and the Latin word gestra meaning of action. [2] The verb form of the word means to make or use gestures, to gesticulate. [3]
Viviane Sassen
Erwin Wurm one minute sculptures
The Performing Body as Sculptural Object, exhibition at MoMA
included in the exhibition:
Hannah Wilke – Starification Object Series
Hannah Wilke – Starification Object Series
Bruce Nauman – Self- Portrait as a Fountain
Robin Rhode, Stone Flag
http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A27821&page_number=1&template_id=1&sort_order=1
http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A27821&page_number=1&template_id=1&sort_order=1
Valie Export (Encirclement)
