书名：The Way to Be: A Memoir / 成为之路：回忆录

作者：Barbara T. Smith

出版：Getty Conservation Institute ，2023

装帧：平装，288页

语种：英文

尺寸：15.2*22.8 cm

《成为之道：芭芭拉·T·史密斯的生平与创作亲历记》，记录了美国最重要却未被充分认可的行为艺术家之一芭芭拉·T·史密斯的生活和工作。

五十多年来，芭芭拉·T·史密斯一直走在加州艺术运动的前沿。她的跨媒介作品探讨了触及人性核心的概念，包括性、物质与精神滋养、技术以及死亡。在这部回忆录中，史密斯将她开创性的行为艺术表演的描述性叙述与她个人生活的亲密叙事交织在一起。

《成为之道》涵盖了从1931年至1981年，即艺术家五十岁生日之前的岁月，全面记录了她的早期作品。它揭示了作品背后的个人故事和事件，以及她在男性至上和性别歧视盛行的艺术界所面临的挑战。这本引人入胜的书籍利用了盖蒂研究中心的史密斯档案，呈现了此前未发表的笔记、文件、照片和她生活与创作的第一手叙述，以及她近期对过去的反思。《成为之道》展示了史密斯对当代艺术领域的持久贡献，并对近期一段伟大的文化和政治变革时期提供了引人入胜的评论。

此书是为配合2023年2月28日至7月16日在盖蒂中心的盖蒂研究中心展出的展览而出版的。

A firsthand account of the life and work of Barbara T. Smith, one of the most important yet underrecognized performance artists in the United States.

For over fifty years, Barbara T. Smith has been at the forefront of artistic movements in California. Her work across many mediums explores concepts that strike at the core of human nature, including sexuality, physical and spiritual sustenance, technology, and death. In this memoir, Smith weaves together descriptive accounts of her pioneering performances with an intimate narrative of her life.

The Way to Be covers the years 1931 to 1981, up to the artist’s fiftieth birthday, resulting in an exhaustive catalogue of her early work. It reveals the personal stories and events behind her pieces and the challenges she faced in an art world dominated by sexism and machismo. Drawing on Smith’s archive at the Getty Research Institute, this enthralling book presents previously unpublished notes, documents, photographs, and firsthand accounts of her life and practice, as well as her more recent reflections on the past. The Way to Be demonstrates Smith’s lasting contributions to the field of contemporary art and provides an engaging commentary on a recent period of great cultural and political change.

This volume is published to accompany an exhibition on view at the Getty Research Institute at the Getty Center from February 28 to July 16, 2023.