Bobby Baker

<p>Bobby Baker is one of most widely acclaimed and popular performance artists working today. Over the course of a thirty-five-year career she has toured the globe with her wildly stimulating explorations of 'Daily Life' and has been extensively written about and studied.</p><p>This fully-illustrated book brings together for the first time an account of Baker's career as an artist – from her first sculptures at Central St Martins in the early 1970s to her most recent work, 'How to Live' and 'Diary Drawings' – with critical commentary by reviewers and academic practitioners.</p><p>It includes:</p><ul> <li>Bobby Baker's own 'Chronicle' of her work as artist and performer</li> <li>illuminating critical writing about Baker's shows </li> <li>transcripts of Baker's performances and other original materials reproduced here for the first time</li> <li>significant new essays by Michele Barrett and Griselda Pollock</li> <li>a new interview with Bobby Baker by Adrian Heathfield.</li> </ul><p>Under the guiding editorial hand of distinguished cultural theorist Michèle Barrett, this volume is an essential text for students interested in performance, gender, and visual culture, and a hugely absorbing and accessible account of Baker's work.</p> <p><strong>Part 1: The Artist </strong>Introduction. A Historical Artist Bobby Baker. The Tale of the Early Years. Chronicle of Selected Artworks <strong>Part 2: The Work </strong>Editorial. An Introduction to Baker's Performance Work. Feminist Autobiography and Performance Art. Risk in Intimacy: An Interview with Bobby Baker. The Rebel at the Heart of the Joker. Upstaged by the Foodie Gaze. Feminist Performance as Archive. Saying the Unsayable: A Second Interview <strong>Part 3: The Shows </strong>Editorial. Drawing on a Mother's Experience. Transcript. Interview with David Tushingham. Review of My Cooking Competes. Daily Life I: Kitchen Show. Booklet Text. Action No. 3 [TV transcript]. Daily Life II: How to Shop. Daily Life III: Take a Peek! Daily Life IV: Grown-Up School. Daily Life V: Box Story. Transcript. 'Dear Bobby'. How to Live. Script Extract. Diary Drawings. Bibliography and Sources</p>