Allan Kaprow (August 23, 1927 – April 5, 2006) was an American painter, assemblagist and a pioneer in establishing the concepts of performance art. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Assemblage is an artistic process in which a three-dimensional artistic composition is made from putting together found objects This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation He helped to develop the "Environment" and "Happening" in the late 1950s and 1960s, as well as their theory. Installation art uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the way a particular space is experienced A happening is a performance event or situation meant to be considered as Art. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 His Happenings - some 200 of them - evolved over the years. Eventually Kaprow shifted his practice into what he called "Activities", intimately-scaled pieces for one or several players and devoted to the examination of everyday behaviors and habits in a way nearly indistinguishable from ordinary life. Fluxus, Performance art, and Installation art was, in turn, influenced by his work. Fluxus —a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation Installation art uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the way a particular space is experienced

Contents 1 Academic Career 2 The Happenings 3 Quotes 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Academic Career

As an undergraduate at New York University, Kaprow was extremely influenced by John Dewey's book "Art as Experience" ^[1]. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. John Dewey (October 20 1859 &ndash June 1 1952 was an American Philosopher, Psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thoughts and ideas have Kaprow's work began with abstract painting, but through his studies with John Cage, his work evolved ^[1]. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> John Milton Cage Jr He studied (time-based) composition with John Cage at his famous class at the New School for Social Research, painting with Hans Hofmann, and art history with Meyer Schapiro. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> John Milton Cage Jr This is about the university in New York; for other uses see New School (disambiguation. Hans Hofmann ( March 21 1880 – February 17 1966) was a German-born American abstract expressionist painter Meyer Schapiro (born September 23, 1904, in Shavel / Šiauliai, Lithuania; died March 3, 1996 in New York With John Cage's influence, he became less and less focused on the product of painting, and instead on the action. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> John Milton Cage Jr In the late 50's and early 60's while working as a Professor at Rutgers University he helped to create the group Fluxus, along with Professors Robert Watts and Geoffrey Hendricks, undergraduates George Segal, Lucas Samaras and Robert Whitman, George Brecht, and Roy Lichtenstein ^[2]. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey Fluxus —a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media Robert Watts is a British Film producer who is best known for his involvement with the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series Geoffrey Hendricks is an American artist associated with Fluxus since the mid 1960s and is often referred to as "cloudsmith" for his extensive work with George Segal (born February 13, 1934 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York) is an American film and stage actor Lucas Samaras was born in Kastoria Greece. He studied at Rutgers University on a scholarship where he met Allan Kaprow and George Segal Robert Whitman (born 1935 in New York City) is an American Artist best known for his seminal theater pieces of the early George Brecht (born George MacDiarmid, New York, United States August 27 1926 is a Minimalist Artist and Composer Roy Fox Lichtenstein (October 27 1923 &ndash September 29 1997 was a prominent American Pop artist his work heavily influenced by both popular advertising and This is when he started his "Happenings".

The Happenings

The "Happenings" first started as tightly scripted events, in which the audience and performers followed queues to experience the art ^[1]. One such work, titled "Eighteen Happenings in Six Parts", involved an audience moving together to experience elements such as a band playing toy instruments, a woman squeezing an orange, and painters painting ^[1]. His work evolved, and became less scripted and incorporated more everyday activities. Kaprow's most famous happenings began around 1961 to 1962, when he would take students or friends out to a specific site to perform a small action. In his own words, "And the work itself, the action, the kind of participation, was as remote from anything artistic as the site was. "^[3]. He rarely recorded his Happenings, and they usually happened once ^[4] Kaprow's work attempts to integrate art and life. Through Happenings, the separation between life and art, and artist and audience becomes blurred. He has published extensively and was Professor Emeritus in the Visual Arts Department of the University of California, San Diego. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies The visual arts are art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily Visual in nature such as Painting, Photography The University of California San Diego (popularly known as UC San Diego or UCSD) is a public Research university in San Diego, California Kaprow is also known for the idea of "un-art", found in his essays [1] "Art Which Can't Be Art"and "The Education of the Un-Artist. "

His influence is also evident at the California Institute of the Arts, where he taught during the early formative years. The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia California, a suburb of Los Angeles California.

For more information on his work while at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ see Fluxus at Rutgers University. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey New Brunswick, also known as "the Healthcare City" or "Hub City" is a city and the County seat of Middlesex County The mid-20th-century art movement Fluxus had a strong association with Rutgers University.

Quotes

• "The line between art and life should be kept as fluid, and perhaps indistinct, as possible. "
• ". . . the problem with artlike art, or even doses of artlike art that still linger in lifelike art, is that it overemphasizes the discourse within art. . . "^[3]

See also

• Fluxus
• Installation art
• Gutai group
• Tenth street galleries

References

External links

• Overflow: A Reinvention of Allan Kaprow's Fluids, May 26-27, 2008
• Allan Kaprow, 18 Happenings in 6 Parts, November 9/10/11 2006
• Allan Kaprow's "Tail Wagging Dog" and other writings first published in The ACT
• Interview with Allan Kaprow
• http://brooklynrail.org/2006-05/art/allan-kaprow-19272006
• http://www.ubu.com/historical/kaprow/kaprow.html
• Allan Kaprow at Hauser & Wirth Zürich London
• Allan Kaprow - Art as Life at the Haus der Kunst in Munich, October 18, 2006 - January 21, 2007
• Allan Kaprow 'Kunst als leven - Art as Life' at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, February 10 - April 22, 2007
• Allan Kaprow Happenings reinacted in Eindhoven
• Kaprow at Van Abbemuseum Art News Nonstarving Artists

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