Ulays Eyes: An Insiders History of Conceptual Art provides a unique insight into one of the most notorious and compeex forms of art over the past two centuries. The insider component comes from one of the co-authors, among the most famous conceptual artists of all, Ulay. Along with Joseph Beuys and Marina Abramovic (Ulays longtime partner, in life and art), Ulay is one of very few conceptual artists to regularly appear in introductory art history texts--his work is fundamental enough that his name appears in indexes alongside Michelangelo and Picasso. Ulay has often been written about or quoted in interviews, but has never written a book himself. This will be his first, and almost certainly his only book.

Ulay as author allows this book to be truly unique and ground-breaking. Rarely do artists write thoughtfully about the work of other artists, particularly from a historical and theoretical angle. But not only is Ulay an eloquent and deep thinker, he has scores of marvelous behind-the-scenes stories. For Ulay personally knew many of the seminal artists of the past century, and was there when art history was made. Now in his 7s, he is vibrant and eager to record for posterity both his thoughts and anecdotes from his half-century of experience at the cutting edge of the art world.The book follows a distinctive format: that of a lavishly illustrated dialogue between Ulay and Noah Charney, a best-selling author and art historian. The result will be an important archive of art from the second half of the twentieth century until today, told in a conversational, engaging, approachable, opinionated manner by one of arts living legends, in conversation with one of art historys best-selling public figures.

About the Author

Ulay is an artist based in Amsterdam and Ljubljana, Slovenia. Since 1971, he is known in artistic circles as Ulay, a pseudonym that combines the initial of his name with the first syllable of his surname. Ulay received international recognition through his radical actions and Polaroid works from the early seventies, followed by the collaborative performances with Marina Abramovic (Relation Works 1976-1988) and his photographic experiments from the 1990s until today. His artistic trajectory amounts to a radical and historically unique oeuvre, situated at the intersection of photography and the conceptually oriented approaches towards performance and body art.