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body art, n.
Brit. |ˈbɒdɪ ɑːt|, U.S. |ˈbɑdi ˌɑrt|
[‹ body n. + art n.1 Compare body artist n.]
1. As a count noun: a method of decorating or ornamenting the body, such as tattooing, piercing, etc. As a mass noun: the use of such methods of adornment; such adornments collectively.
1960L. K. Frank in E. Carpenter & M. McLuhan Explor. in Communication 10 The body arts, including painting, tattooing, incising, and the use of cosmetics generally, are ways of enhancing the skin's appearance. 1977Washington Post (Nexis) 25 June b1 African craft styles and body arts..have given something to the hats and coiffures worn by American blacks. 1986Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 6 June (Friday Suppl.) 90 Some of them [sc. archaeologists] believe body art was the first human artform, preceding even the cave drawings. 1991D. Gaines Teenage Wasteland iv. 79 Usually the kids sit on their cars, play hacky-sack, talk, flirt, or show off new body art. 2000Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 20 Feb. 109/2 Body art is becoming an increasing trend, with many indulging in piercings, tattooing and branding.
2. Also with capital initials. An artistic movement (originally of the late 1960s and the 1970s) in which the artist's body is the medium; a piece or performance of such art; such art collectively.
1971N.Y. Times 25 July d21/4 Conceptual and Anti-Formal art..continue to develop along ever wackier, more abstruse, sometimes entertaining and sometimes stupefying lines (the latest stage of Conceptualism, something called ‘Body Art’, is all of these things). 1978Maclean's 11 Dec. 4 Painting [was]..spurned outright by conceptualists who turned to film, video, earth works and body art. 1990T. O'Neill in A. Parfrey Apocalypse Culture (rev. ed.) 95 Fare..hit upon the ultimate piece of body art. He supposedly contacted a cybernetics and robotics expert who helped him construct a programmable operating table with a randomizing auto surgery. 2004San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 16 June 1 g, Generally, in body art the artist uses his or her body as the medium, usually performances that are then photographed or videotaped for display. |