Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life

Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life
Author: Hood Museum of Art
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Art, Modern
ISBN: 9780226033594

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Exhibition schedule: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: April 16-August 7, 2011; Grey Art Gallery, New York University: September 9-December 3, 2011; University of Michigan Museum of Art: February 25-May 20th, 2012.

Mr. Fluxus

Mr. Fluxus
Author: Emmett Williams
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1998
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780500974612

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George Maciunas was the founder and leader of a radical and experimental art movement of the 1960s known as Fluxus--which rejected traditional high art to practice an extraordinary form of anti-art. Maciunas attempted to rule Fluxus in totalitarian fashion, yet he laughed at himself and called forth laughter in others. This biography reveals the story of an unorthodox, contradictory, and elusive genius. 107 illustrations.

Buddha Mind in Contemporary Art

Buddha Mind in Contemporary Art
Author: Jacquelynn Baas
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780520243460

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"Eminently readable and extremely meaningful. The contributors tackle essential questions about the relationship of art and life. The book is also very timely, offering a way to approach Buddhism through unexpected channels."--Lynn Gumpert, Director, Grey Art Gallery, New York University

The Fluxus Reader

The Fluxus Reader
Author: Ken Friedman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1998-11-18
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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Part I. Three histories : Developing a fluxable forum: Early performance & publishing / Owen Smith -- Fluxus, fluxion, flushoe: the 1970's / Simon Anderson -- Fluxus fortuna / Hannah Higgins -- Part II. Theories of Fluxus: Boredom and oblivion / Ina Blon -- Zen vaudeville: a medi(t)ation in the margins of Fluxus / David T. Doris -- Fluxus as a laboratory / Craig Saper -- Part III. Critical and historical perspectives: Fluxus history and trans-history: competing strategies for empowerment / Estera Milman -- Historical design and social purpose: a note on the relationship of Fluxus to modernism / Stephen C. Foster -- A spirit of large goals: fluxus, dada and postmodern cultural theory at two speeds -- Part IV. Three Fluxus voices : Transcript of the videotaped Interview with George Maciunas -- Selections from an interview with Billie Maciunas / Susan L. Jarosi -- Maybe Fluxus (a para-interrogative guide for the neoteric transmuter, tinder, tinker and totalist) / Larry Miller -- Part V. Two Fluxus theories : Fluxus : theory and reception / Dick Higgins -- Fluxus and company / Ken Friedman -- Part. VI-- Documents of Fluxus : Fluxus chronology : key moments and events -- A list of selected Fluxus art works and related primary source materials -- A list of selected Fluxus sources and related secondary sources.

Learning Mind

Learning Mind
Author: Mary Jane Jacob
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2009
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0520260767

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"Learning Mind: Experience Into Art is astonishing in its range of authors, depths of perception, and subjects, gliding elegantly among three thematic clusters, from 'Being of Being an Artist' to 'Making Art and Pedagogy' and, finally, to 'Experiencing Art.' The editors have brilliantly and imaginatively realized the promise of their anthology's tantalizing, terse title."--Moira Roth, author of Traveling Companions/Fractured Worlds "Jacob and Baas have gathered together an exceptional group of some of the most articulate writers about art of this generation, as well as some of the most intelligent, thoughtful, esteemed and socially engaged artists. The Learning Mind invites them to speak from their own experiences with art; what emerges are important biographical moments of insight about the way art is a device for transforming consciousness."--Jennifer Gonzalez, University of California, Santa Cruz

Smile of the Buddha

Smile of the Buddha
Author: Jacquelynn Baas
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0520242084

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"The relations between eastern and western cultures have long been a neglected topic, and this careful and intelligent look at a small but significant part of those relations is most welcome."--Thomas McEvilley, author of The Shape of Ancient Thought "How wonderful that Jacquelynn Baas has seen the light of the Buddha's smile shining from faraway Asia into the realm of the art of modern times in what we think of as the West! . . . Her work reveals how some of our most influential artists explored and expressed the sophisticated perceptions and joyful energy emanating from the realm of Buddhist Asia."--Robert A. F. Thurman "As a Buddhist scholar and artist I welcome this thoughtful and richly detailed study of how many aspects of Buddhism have stimulated, invigorated, and enriched Western arts over the past 150 years."--Stephen Addiss, author of The Art of Zen "A crucial contribution to modern art studies, this high-spirited text surveys Western artists awakened by the wisdom of the East, from Monet and Duchamp to O'Keeffe to Martin. It is a thoughtful book about thoughtful artists, their values and their visions, with a lot to offer general readers and specialists alike."--Charles Stuckey, Associate Professor of Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Felt

Felt
Author: Chris Thompson
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2011
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0816653542

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What happens when nothing happens?

Fluxus Codex

Fluxus Codex
Author: Jon Hendricks
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Total Pages: 616
Release: 1988-10-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780810909205

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Fluxus was an art movement of the 1960s and 70s that set out to abolish the canonized art idioms of the day. Pioneers of Conceptual Art and Minimalism, the Fluxus artists were known for their environments, performance art and mass-producible objects. This book is a study of the Fluxus movement.

Event Scores

Event Scores
Author: Alison Knowles
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 1992
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

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"Event Scores, involve simple actions, ideas, and objects from everyday life recontexualized as performance. Event Scores are texts that can be seen as proposal pieces or instructions for actions. The idea of the score suggests musicality. Like a musical score, Event Scores can be realized by artists other than the original creator and are open to variation and interpretation."--Artist's website

Tokyo, 1955-1970

Tokyo, 1955-1970
Author: Doryun Chong
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2012
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0870708341

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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Nov. 18, 2012-Feb. 25, 2013.