Juxtaposing starling images and texts, this book presents for the first time the broadest panorama of this multi-faceted artform. From Yves Klein and Piero Manzoni to Joseph Beuys, Robert Wilson, Meredith Monk, Laurie Anderson, Pina Bausch, Matthew Barney, Bill T. Jones, Gilbert and George, Mona Hatoum and many others, with scores of works from Europe, the Americas, Japan and Australia, this is a landmark publication indispensable to all those interested in visual culture.