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Encyclopedia > Allan Kaprow

Allan Kaprow (August 23, 1927 - April 5, 2006) helped to develop the "Environment" and "Happening" in the late 1950s and 1960s, as well as their theory. His Happenings - some 200 of them - evolved over the years, and in their present humorous form, are nearly indistinguishable from ordinary life. Fluxus and Performance art, and installation got influence from him. August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A happening is a performance, event or situation meant to be considered as art. ... // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Fluxus (from to flow) is an art movement noted for the blending of different artistic disciplines, primarily visual art but also music and literature. ... Performance art is art where the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time, constitute the work. ... Installation can be used to refer to Installation (computer programs) of an operating system or program. ...


He studied misic under John Cage, and got huge influence from him. 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. Kaprow is also known for the idea of "un-art", found in his essay "Art Which Can't Be Art". John Cage John Milton Cage (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American experimental music composer, writer and visual artist. ... The visual arts are a class of artforms, including painting, sculpture, photography, and others, that focus on the creation of artworks which are primarily visual in nature. ... The University of California, San Diego (popularly known as UCSD) is a public, coeducational university located in La Jolla, California. ...


For more information on his work while at Rutgers University, see Fluxus at Rutgers University. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is the largest institution for higher education in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... // Beginnings Rutgers University is arguably the birthplace of Fluxus. ...


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Allan Kaprow (3393 words)
Kaprow: Precious bodily fluids are a humorous reference to Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001, where, as the world is about to break apart, the general of the high command of the armed forces is bemoaning the possible loss of his precious bodily fluids in a great soliloquy of fear.
Kaprow: I had never thought of the Andres Serrano thing as a connection, but indeed it is, just as there is a connection to Kubrick’s film, and there’s also a connection to much psychoanalytic literature, which I may or may not have read.
Kaprow: Well, you know, a lot of work nowadays tends to be illustrative of theory already written, and some of it tends to be quite consciously didactic, as if the determination is to teach somebody something.
The Brooklyn Rail - May 2006 - Allan Kaprow (1927–2006) (1864 words)
This led Kaprow to explore a concept, close to Dada, in which intermedia performances involving groups of participants—which came to be known as “Happenings”—became a new art form.
Allan never wanted to be part of a movement nor did he believe that the market had any real relevance to the future of art.
Kaprow, the senior, was a self-made lawyer who wanted his son to follow his footstep instead of being an artist) which was so severe that they had to take him to the hospital in order to clean different part of his organs separately.
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