performance art
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Performance art is a form of art where artists use their own actions or involve other participants as the main medium, rather than creating objects like paintings or sculptures. It matters because it expands what art can be, allowing artists to explore ideas through live presence and direct engagement with audiences in ways that traditional art forms cannot.
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Conceptual work by Yves Klein at Rue Gentil-Bernard, Fontenay-aux-Roses, October 1960. Le Saut dans le Vide (Leap into the Void)
Performance art is an artwork or art installation in the art world where the artist is present in the work. It may be witnessed live or through documentation, spontaneously developed or written, and is traditionally presented to a public in a fine art context in an interdisciplinary mode. Also known as artistic action, it has been developed through the years as a genre of its own in which art is presented live. It had an important and fundamental role in 20th century avant-garde art.