Vanessa Beecroft (b. 1969) is an Italian-born American contemporary performance artist. She also works with photography, video art, sculpture, and painting. Many of her works have made use of professional models, sometimes in large numbers and sometimes naked or nearly so, to stage tableaux vivants. In this publication Beecroft aginareflects on her art in six in-depth conversations.
In extensive interviews with collaborators and artists, Beecroft explores both the motivations behind her work and audience reactions. The title refers to a conversation with model Stacey McKenzie which Beecroft recorded in 2022 in collaboration with Chris Kraus – and to a film admired by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, though no one involved has seen it.
Vanessa Beecroft in conversation with: Chris Kraus, Miltos Manetas, Jeffrey Deitch, Donatien Grau, Hamza Walker, Stacey McKenzie, Vanessa Place.
