Mr. Fluxus
A Collective Portrait of George Maciunas 1931-1978
Published on 3. November 1997
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-500-97461-2 (ISBN)
Description
George Maciunas was the founding member and leader of Fluxus - the most radical and experimental art movement of the 1960's. Members rejected the traditional systems of high art, practising an extraordinary form of anti-art which encompassed everything from photography and pavement art to poetry and drama.
Maciunas was both clown and serious revolutionary, ruling the 'non-movement' Fluxus autocratically, yet poking fun at himself as he did so. What emerges from this collection of impressions and anecdotes is an informative portrait that is, by turns, funny, shocking, tragic, yet often hilarious. Friends, enemies and former Fluxus colleagues have contributed to this memoir of a man who saw it as his mission to change the world, starting with the world of art.
Maciunas was both clown and serious revolutionary, ruling the 'non-movement' Fluxus autocratically, yet poking fun at himself as he did so. What emerges from this collection of impressions and anecdotes is an informative portrait that is, by turns, funny, shocking, tragic, yet often hilarious. Friends, enemies and former Fluxus colleagues have contributed to this memoir of a man who saw it as his mission to change the world, starting with the world of art.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
107 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 180 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1193 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-97461-2 (9780500974612)
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Emmett Williams (1925 - 2007) was an internationally respected poet, performer, painter and printmaker, became involved with the Fluxus movement in the early 1960's. Ann Noel has lived and worked in Berlin since 1980. Her multidisciplinary background integrate painting, graphic design, printmaking, photography and performance.