A catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by Paul Schimmel, held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in 1998. Reproducing images of work by over one hundred artists and spanning thirty years, Out of Actions is formed on a concept, described by Paul Schimmel as “a slice through the history of art that has at its centre the conviction that performances, actions, Happenings, events, and activities associated with the act of creation had an enormous impact on the objects that emerged from them.” Copiously illustrated, the book presents essays by Richard Koshalek, Shinichiro Osaki, Hubert Klocker, Guy Brett, and Kristine Stiles.