Articles by Marissa Perel

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Glitter and Chains

by Marissa Perel | Aug 27, 2013

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Glitter and Chains

by Marissa Perel | Aug 27, 2013

Marissa Perel reviews Carlos Maria Romero and Juan Betancurth’s performance at Abrons Arts Center.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

A Brief History of Sacrifice

by Marissa Perel | Jun 14, 2013

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

A Brief History of Sacrifice

by Marissa Perel | Jun 14, 2013

Columnist Marissa Perel considers the lives of four women who “emerged from a modernist, male-centered art world” and “redefined studio art.”

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Of Consequence: Santiago Sierra’s “Veterans” at Team Gallery

by Marissa Perel | May 9, 2013

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Of Consequence: Santiago Sierra’s “Veterans” at Team Gallery

by Marissa Perel | May 9, 2013

Santiago Sierra’s third solo exhibition at Team Gallery, Veterans, displays nine photographs of war veterans standing in corners.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Speaking Truth to Culture: An Interview with Czech Curator Zuzana Štefková

by Marissa Perel | Mar 8, 2013

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Speaking Truth to Culture: An Interview with Czech Curator Zuzana Štefková

by Marissa Perel | Mar 8, 2013

Columnist Marissa Perel visits Czech curator Zuzana Štefková, “known for her challenging curatorial projects that work across religious, ethnic, and social divides.”

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

“Art Is What You Can Get Away With”: Intervening Warhol with Miguel Gutierrez

by Marissa Perel | Feb 13, 2013

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

“Art Is What You Can Get Away With”: Intervening Warhol with Miguel Gutierrez

by Marissa Perel | Feb 13, 2013

Marissa Perel interviews choreographer Miguel Gutierrez following his performance-slash-guided tour of “Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Toward a Possible Body: An Interview with Emily Roysdon

by Marissa Perel | Jan 11, 2013

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Toward a Possible Body: An Interview with Emily Roysdon

by Marissa Perel | Jan 11, 2013

Marissa Perel speaks with Emily Roysdon about her recent performance at the Tate Modern, and her participation in MoMA’s first annual performance symposium.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Infiltrating the MoMA Atrium, Part 1: An Interview with Ralph Lemon on the Curation of “Some sweet day”

by Marissa Perel | Dec 7, 2012

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Infiltrating the MoMA Atrium, Part 1: An Interview with Ralph Lemon on the Curation of “Some sweet day”

by Marissa Perel | Dec 7, 2012

Marissa Perel talks to Ralph Lemon about the series “Some sweet day,” which was shown in the MoMA’s atrium from October 15 to November 4th, 2012.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | The Rush of Fall, Part 2: Archive of a Deluge

by Marissa Perel | Nov 19, 2012

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | The Rush of Fall, Part 2: Archive of a Deluge

by Marissa Perel | Nov 19, 2012

Marissa Perel surveys the damage wrought by Superstorm Sandy, and details the local relief efforts of Occupy Sandy and other local ad hoc groups to provide aid.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | The Rush of Fall Part 1: Archive of a Deluge

by Marissa Perel | Oct 19, 2012

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | The Rush of Fall Part 1: Archive of a Deluge

by Marissa Perel | Oct 19, 2012

Marissa Perel surveys a number of recent performance works taking place in and around Brooklyn.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Annual Report

by Marissa Perel | Jul 20, 2012

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Annual Report

by Marissa Perel | Jul 20, 2012

As “Gimme Shelter” celebrates its one-year anniversary, columnist Marissa Perel reflects on highlights from her past twelve months of performance coverage.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Movement Research Festival Spring 2012: Push It. Real. Good. Recap

by Marissa Perel | Jun 22, 2012

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Movement Research Festival Spring 2012: Push It. Real. Good. Recap

by Marissa Perel | Jun 22, 2012

Marissa Perel recaps the Movement Research Festival held in NYC, a four-day event that explored contemporary dance, performance and related media.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Anti-Establishment in the Establishment: Dawn Kasper at the Whitney Biennial, Part 2

by Marissa Perel | May 21, 2012

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Anti-Establishment in the Establishment: Dawn Kasper at the Whitney Biennial, Part 2

by Marissa Perel | May 21, 2012

The second of a two-part conversation between Marissa Perel and Whitney Biennial artist Dawn Kasper.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Anti-Establishment in the Establishment: Dawn Kasper at the Whitney Biennial, Part 1

by Marissa Perel | May 18, 2012

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Anti-Establishment in the Establishment: Dawn Kasper at the Whitney Biennial, Part 1

by Marissa Perel | May 18, 2012

The first of a two-part conversation between Marissa Perel and Whitney Biennial artist Dawn Kasper.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Talking with Sarah Michelson about “Devotion Study #1” at the Whitney Biennial

by Marissa Perel | Apr 13, 2012

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Talking with Sarah Michelson about “Devotion Study #1” at the Whitney Biennial

by Marissa Perel | Apr 13, 2012

Sarah Michelson discusses the ideas and concepts leading her to create Devotion Study #1, a dance developed specifically for the Whitney Biennial.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Power Games or Two at the Kitchen

by Marissa Perel | Feb 24, 2012

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Power Games or Two at the Kitchen

by Marissa Perel | Feb 24, 2012

Perel reviews “Wicked Clown Love” and “Counterfeit Scenario,” two performances presented at the Kitchen earlier this month.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | APAP 2012: Time Is Empty and Everything Is Real

by Marissa Perel | Feb 3, 2012

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | APAP 2012: Time Is Empty and Everything Is Real

by Marissa Perel | Feb 3, 2012

Perel reports on four highlight performances from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference that took place January 6-10, 2012.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Smash Your Idols: Clifford Owens at MoMA PS1

by Marissa Perel | Dec 29, 2011

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Smash Your Idols: Clifford Owens at MoMA PS1

by Marissa Perel | Dec 29, 2011

Perel considers the complex array of issues arising from the exhibition “Clifford Owens: Anthology” on view at MoMA PS1.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Set Me Free! Performa 2011 Part II: Beyond the Biennial

by Marissa Perel | Nov 29, 2011

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Set Me Free! Performa 2011 Part II: Beyond the Biennial

by Marissa Perel | Nov 29, 2011

If moribund is defined as an adjective for that which is approaching death or obsolescence, then perhaps it is the best word to describe my experience of Performa’s last week. This …

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Performa 2011: Performance Art Is Dead. Long Live Performance Art!

by Marissa Perel | Nov 18, 2011

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Performa 2011: Performance Art Is Dead. Long Live Performance Art!

by Marissa Perel | Nov 18, 2011

November brings with it the sweeping Performa 2011 Biennial, filling theaters, galleries, churches and plazas across New York City. This is the fourth Biennial to date, and the most far-reaching, ambitious …

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Exorcising the Post-Democratic Body

by Marissa Perel | Oct 21, 2011

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Exorcising the Post-Democratic Body

by Marissa Perel | Oct 21, 2011

At St. Mark’s Church in New York City, the home of Danspace Project, Jeremy Wade performed fountain. With the house lights on, Wade stumbled along the carpeted edge of the church floor, …

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Full Frontal

by Marissa Perel | Sep 23, 2011

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Full Frontal

by Marissa Perel | Sep 23, 2011

I am on my way to New York, but not before finding Exercises for Rebel Artists: Radical Performance Pedagogy by Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Roberto Sifuentes delivered to my door on my last …

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | No Future

by Marissa Perel | Aug 12, 2011

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | No Future

by Marissa Perel | Aug 12, 2011

I didn’t know I’d go to film for the second post of this performance art column, but here’s a surprise. Miranda July’s The Future. That’s right, a performance within a …

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

It’s About Time: Gimme Shelter, A New Column on Performance Now

by Marissa Perel | Jul 15, 2011

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

It’s About Time: Gimme Shelter, A New Column on Performance Now

by Marissa Perel | Jul 15, 2011

In an interview for Rolling Stone, Mick Jagger described the 1969 hit “Gimme Shelter” as a song about apocalypse, about the end of the world. He channeled the rage of …

Imagine That: Interview with Robert Whitman on “Passport,” April 16-17

by Marissa Perel | Apr 16, 2011

Imagine That: Interview with Robert Whitman on “Passport,” April 16-17

by Marissa Perel | Apr 16, 2011

 Note: The Saturday, April 16 performance of Robert Whitman, Passport, has been cancelled. The Sunday, April 17, 2011, performance will take place as scheduled at 8pm. Robert Whitman is …

Marissa Perel’s Top 10 of 2010

by Marissa Perel | Dec 30, 2010

Marissa Perel’s Top 10 of 2010

by Marissa Perel | Dec 30, 2010

1. Felix Gonzalez-Torres in Deadline, exhibition at the Musee d’ Art Moderne, Paris. October 16, 2009 – January 10, 2010. Curator Odile Burluraux said of the exhibition, “Deadline has chosen …

“Elephant,” or Why I Love Performance Art

by Marissa Perel | Dec 9, 2010

“Elephant,” or Why I Love Performance Art

by Marissa Perel | Dec 9, 2010

Recent guest blogger Marissa Perel wrote a post following up her residency on this site. — Ed. 2010 wouldn’t be complete without the Art21 world knowing about this mind-blowing show …

Let’s Go There: Marissa Perel and Artforum.com Editor David Velasco Talk Dance

by Marissa Perel | Oct 18, 2010

Let’s Go There: Marissa Perel and Artforum.com Editor David Velasco Talk Dance

by Marissa Perel | Oct 18, 2010

Marissa Perel: The first artistic influences I had were in New York and were choreographers. I was really inspired by the dance world, but didn’t understand why it was marginalized …

Saltz of the Earth: An Interview

by Marissa Perel | Oct 13, 2010

Saltz of the Earth: An Interview

by Marissa Perel | Oct 13, 2010

One of the hot topics among young artists these days is the show Work of Art on Bravo. Take a dozen artists mostly trained in art schools, give them really …