Ralston Farina

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Ralston Farina (* 1946 in Philadelphia ; † 1985 ) was an American performance artist .

life and work

Ralston Farina was born Steven Robert Snyder in 1946 . From 1965 to 1967 he studied at the New School for Social Research in Manhattan , until 1970 at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont and then until 1974 at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

Since 1965 Farina made “time” the subject of his performances, which he showed in New York City, Boston and Philadelphia. In 1969 he went on a trip to Tibet and Nepal and studied Buddhism intensively . Ralston Farina worked under the pseudonym Steve Raven between 1970 and 1974 on numerous shows with "The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church". In 1974 Farina was a visiting artist at Princeton University , New Jersey .

“Farina's works play with chance, bring the fun of surprise. The basic element is the moment 'where the penny falls', where it 'clicks'. His early performances were humorous interludes in the poetry readings of the New York group around Allen Ginsberg , Anne Waldman and others. a. Mid 60s. In the course of their further development, his works have retained the character of the faded in, of the short 'spot'. Diversity and brevity, sequence and interruption are the elements that determine the duration (...). The aim is to make temporality tangible, the medium of Farina's work is time. "

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Group exhibitions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Plexus International 1985 Purgatorio Show 1985 New York accessed on January 27, 2015 (English)
  2. ↑ The New York Times, Holland Cotter Nothing to Spend, Nothing to Lose, accessed January 27, 2015
  3. ↑ J. Hoberman January 17 at Anthology Film Archives: Ralston Farina Performance Tapes accessed on January 27, 2015 (English)
  4. ^ Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 1, page 298: Painting, Plastic / Environment, Performance, 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00-X
  5. ^ Rituals of Rented Island: Object Theater, Loft Performance, and the New Psychodrama - Manhattan, 1970-1980 ”at the Whitney Museum of American Art, accessed on January 27, 2015 (English)
  6. ^ New York Observer, Andrew Russet Rituals of Rented Island: Object Theater, Loft Performance, and the New Psychodrama — Manhattan, 1970–1980 ′ at the Whitney Museum, accessed January 27, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Farina, Ralston
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Snyder, Steven Robert; Raven, Steve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American performance artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , United States
DATE OF DEATH 1985