Fluxus - from the Latin, meaning 'to flow' - was a radical, international network of artists, composers, and designers in the 1960s and 1970s noted for blurring the boundaries between what we term 'art' and what makes up everyday life. Following the work of American Fluxus founder George Maciunus, "Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life" presents a variety of objects that express the Fluxus mission, while empowering readers to challenge the presumptions we bring to the concept and practice of art making. Based on a ...
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Fluxus - from the Latin, meaning 'to flow' - was a radical, international network of artists, composers, and designers in the 1960s and 1970s noted for blurring the boundaries between what we term 'art' and what makes up everyday life. Following the work of American Fluxus founder George Maciunus, "Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life" presents a variety of objects that express the Fluxus mission, while empowering readers to challenge the presumptions we bring to the concept and practice of art making. Based on a large-scale traveling exhibition first organized at Dartmouth College's Hood Museum of Art, this book chronicles the movement in the form of an art self-help book, playfully providing answers to fourteen key questions such as 'Art - what is it good for?' and 'What am I?' via Fluxus works. Featuring extensive color illustrations, accompanied by essays from curator Jacquelynn Baas, Fluxus scholars Hannah Higgins and Jacob Proctor, and Fluxus artist Ken Friedman, this book will make an original contribution to our understanding of this provocative moment in modern art.
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VG (Light smudging to wrap and textblock edges. ) Off-white and color-illustrated wraps with red and black lettering; xiv, 133 pp.; richly illustrated. "Fluxus--from the Latin, meaning "to flow"--Was a radical, international network of artists, composers, and designers in the 1960s and 1970s noted for blurring the boundaries between what we term "art" and what makes up everyday life. Following the work of American Fluxus founder George Maciunus, Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life presents a variety of objects that express the Fluxus mission, while empowering readers to challenge the presumptions we bring to the concept and practice of art making. Based on a large-scale traveling exhibition first organized at Dartmouth College's Hood Museum of Art, this book chronicles the movement in the form of an art self-help book, playfully providing answers to fourteen key questions such as "Art--what is it good for? " and "What am I? " via Fluxus works. Featuring over eighty color and black-and-white illustrations, accompanied by essays from curator Jacquelynn Baas, Fluxus scholars Hannah Higgins and Jacob Proctor, and Fluxus artist Ken Friedman, this book will make an original contribution to our understanding of this provocative moment in modern art."--Publisher's website.
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Good. No jacket. Catalog published on the occasion of the traveling exhibition "Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life" organized by the Hood Museum of Art from April 16, 2011 to May 20, 2012. Spine is cocked and creased, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked.
Publisher:
Hood Museum of Art, The University of Chicago Press, 2011
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16272743638
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As new and bright illustrated gatefold wraps with crisp bright text throughout. A beautiful showcase and nicely annotated in color with a deeply realized text of an exhibit. Has become quite scarce.