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date: 17 January 2021

Acconci, Vito (1940–2017). Performance artist, video artist, conceptual artist, installation artist, photographer, sculptor, and designer. Also a writer. 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
Author(s):

Ann Lee Morgan

In his best-known work, he used the actions and images of his own body to undermine social conventions and the ...

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