“PURGE the world of dead art, imitation, artificial art. . . .
Promote living art, anti-art, promote NON ART REALITY to be grasped by
all peoples,” writes artist George Maciunas in his Fluxus manifesto
of 1963. Reacting against an elitist art world enthralled by modernist
aesthetics, Fluxus encouraged playfulness, chance, irreverence, and
viewer participation. The diverse collective—including George
Brecht, Robert Filliou, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, George Maciunas,
Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Benjamin Patterson, Takako Saito, Mieko
Shiomi, Ben Vautier, and Robert Watts—embraced humble objects and
everyday gestures as critical means of finding freedom and excitement
beyond traditional forms of art-making. While today the Fluxus
collective is recognized for its radical neo-avant-garde works of
performance, publishing, and relational art and its experimental,
interdisciplinary approach, it was not taken seriously in its own
time. With Fluxus Forms, Natilee Harren captures the magnetic energy
of Fluxus activities and collaborations that emerged at the
intersections of art, music, performance, and literature. The book
offers insight into the nature of art in the 1960s as it traces the
international development of the collective’s unique intermedia
works—including event scores and Fluxbox multiples—that
irreversibly expanded the boundaries of contemporary art.
Les mer
Scores, Multiples, and the Eternal Network
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780226355085
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
University of Chicago Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter