
Vito Acconci
Known for: Directing
Born: January 24, 1940
Died: April 27, 2017
Vito Acconci (January 24, 1940 – April 27, 2017) was an American performance, video and installation artist, whose diverse practice eventually included sculpture, architectural design, and landscape design. His performance and video art was characterized by "existential unease," exhibitionism, discomfort, transgression and provocation, as well as wit and audacity, and often involved crossing boundaries such as public–private, consensual–nonconsensual, and real world–art world. His work is consid…
Known for

You're Going to Die!
2006

Seedbed
1972

Revenge of the Mekons
2013
Undertone
1972

Centers
1971
Pryings
1971

Flour/Breath Piece
1970

Digging Piece
1970

Two Takes

Gargle/Spit Piece
1970
Conversions 1
1971

Three Adaptation Studies
1970

Remote Control
1971

Association Area
1971

Claim Excerpts
1971
My Word
1974

Turn-On
1974
Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci
1973

The Red Tapes
1977

14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s
1981

The Art of Time
2009

Steven Holl: The Body in Space
1999

Journeys from Berlin/1971
1980

Aktionskunst International. Dokumente zum Internationalen Aktionismus
1989

Body Art
1975

America Is Not Ready for This
2012

Burden
2016

The Golden Boat
1991

Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
How to Fly
1981