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Vito Acconci

1940 - 2017

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Vito Acconci (Italian: [ˈviːto akˈkontʃi], ; January 24, 1940 – April 27, 2017) was an American performance, video and installation artist, whose diverse practice eventually included sculpture, architectural design, and landscape design. His performance and video art was characterized by "existential unease," exhibitionism, discomfort, transgression and provocation, as well as wit and audacity, and often involved crossing boundaries such as public–private, consensual–nonconsensual, and real world–art world. His work is considered to have influenced artists including Laurie Anderson, Karen Finley, Bruce Nauman, and Tracey Emin, among others.Acconci was initially interested in radical poetry, creating 0 to 9 Magazine, but by the late 1960s he began creating Situationist-influenced performances in the street or for small audiences that explored the body and public space. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vito Acconci has received more than 365,641 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Vito Acconci is the 57th most popular artist (down from 53rd in 2019), the 3,234th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,369th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Artist.

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  • 370k

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  • 54.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Vito Acconci has had the most page views in the with 34,263 views, followed by Italian (6,468), and Spanish (4,434). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Greek (249.67%), Basque (218.95%), and Korean (54.62%)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Vito Acconci ranks 57 out of 125. Before him are Yoshitaka Amano, Bruno Munari, Gottfried Helnwein, Judy Chicago, James Montgomery Flagg, and Sennedjem. After him are Hu Zhengyan, John Butler Yeats, Günter Brus, Damien Hirst, Robert Indiana, and Onfim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Vito Acconci ranks 181. Before him are Jair da Costa, Tony Sheridan, Anthony Fauci, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Macha Méril, and Jill St. John. After him are Kunimitsu Takahashi, Georgi Ivanov, Anna Chromý, Dan Hedaya, Michael Parks, and Vyacheslav Ivankov. Among people deceased in 2017, Vito Acconci ranks 171. Before him are Miloslav Vlk, Christine Keeler, Dionigi Tettamanzi, Angry Grandpa, Igor Volk, and Roger Walkowiak. After him are Gastone Moschin, Michael Parks, Shashi Kapoor, Seijun Suzuki, Joachim Meisner, and Dritëro Agolli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vito Acconci ranks 3,234 out of 20,380. Before him are Jill St. John (1940), Blake Lively (1987), Diane Venora (1952), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), Rensis Likert (1903), and Rue McClanahan (1934). After him are Roy Sullivan (1912), John Barth (1930), Jim Thorpe (1887), Sam Wood (1883), Barbara O'Neil (1910), and Clifford Brown (1930).

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Among ARTISTS In United States

Among artists born in United States, Vito Acconci ranks 11. Before him are Barnett Newman (1905), Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848), Jeff Koons (1955), Bill Viola (1951), Judy Chicago (1939), and James Montgomery Flagg (1877). After him are Robert Indiana (1928), Gilbert Baker (1951), Gordon Matta-Clark (1943), Mary Blair (1911), Dan Graham (1942), and Carolee Schneemann (1939).

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