A Different Kind of Intimacy: The Collected Writings of Karen Finley

Finley has written four books: Shock Treatment, Enough Is Enough, Living It Up, and Pooh Unplugged. "We need Finley: she doesn't duck the bullets, she keeps her eyes peeled on the artillery aimed at women, and she continues to push against her own boundaries as an artist" -- MS. The writings include text from the infamous performances that brought her to the Supreme Court in Finley vs. A Different Kind of Intimacy will bring together for the first time a collection of performance artist Karen Finley's texts, performances, short stories, essays, op-eds, art and photographs, creating a unique memoir of a woman whose life and career have embodied the urgent cultural conflicts of our time. She will be hosting The Naked Players, a "nude Candid Camera" as well as Shock Video, both on HBO. In 1998 Finley was

Chris Ohnesorge said Always Challenging, Always Important, Always Amazing.. Karen Finley's latest book, both a memoir and a collection of her work is a window into the life of one of the most important artists of the "Always Challenging, Always Important, Always Amazing." according to Chris Ohnesorge. Karen Finley's latest book, both a memoir and a collection of her work is a window into the life of one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Karen Finley has always flown in the face of convention creating work that is both political and personal, challenging and difficult, redemptive and healing. As one of the now famous NEA Four. 0th century. Karen Finley has always flown in the face of convention creating work that is both political and personal, challenging and difficult, redemptive and healing. As one of the now famous NEA Four. Christopher P. Barton said The High Priestess of Confrontation, The Muse of Truth. forget what you think you know about karen finley, because unless you've actually been to one of her performances and/or read her essays, you don't know much. okay. so let's forget about the yams, the chocolate, the nudity, the naughty words and all of that. just for the space of this review, humor me. still with me? karen finley is amazing. sh. Ricky R Renn, yag66@webtv.net said In your face senator Helmes. I saw Karen Finley in Charleston SC years ago. I had no idea what to expect.I had never heard of her before. The tardy Ms. Finley entered the auditorium from the back, totally naked. I knew then that she was like no other person on earth. She yelled and screamed her stories, her anger , her pain.our pain.to the gods above. Through out the perfo

Numerous photographs, drawings and reproduced documents, including a copy of her father's suicide note, deliver the visual context for her writings. (Nov.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. This was, as she puts it, "the beginning of my career causing psychic disturbances." In a retrospective that should appeal to fans and scholars of performance art, Finley, well-known as one of the NEA 4, presents the full scope of her socially conscious art, from performance texts and elaborate installations to segments of her already-published parodies of the self-help movement and Winnie-the-Pooh. Often distressing and downright ugly, this collection expresses the enormous personal and