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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226033597
ISBN-139780226033594
eBay Product ID (ePID)99582868
Product Key Features
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFluxus and the Essential Questions of Life
SubjectHistory / Contemporary (1945-), Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArt
AuthorJacquelynn Baas
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2010-051925
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal709.04/60747423
SynopsisFluxus--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.