Simone Forti
- Introduction
- Simone Forti (born March 25, 1935), is an American Italian Postmodern artist, dancer, choreographer, and writer. Since the 1950s, Forti has exhibited, performed, and taught workshops all over the world. Her innovations in Postmodern dance, including her seminal 1961 body of work, Dance Constructions, along with her contribution to the early Fluxus movement, have influenced many notable dancers and artists. Forti first apprenticed with Anna Halprin in the 1950s and has since worked alongside artists and composers Nam June Paik, Steve Paxton, La Monte Young, Trisha Brown, Charlemagne Palestine, Peter Van Riper, Dan Graham, Yoshi Wada, Robert Morris and others. Forti's published books include Handbook in Motion (1974, The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design), Angel (1978, self-published), and Oh Tongue (2003, Beyond Baroque Foundation, ed. Fred Dewey). She is currently represented by The Box L.A. in Los Angeles, CA, and has works in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Generali Foundation in Vienna, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Moderna Museet in Stockholm.
- Wikidata
- Q3484563
Exhibitions
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Judson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done
Sep 16, 2018–Feb 3, 2019
MoMA
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Yoko Ono: One Woman Show,
1960–1971 May 17–Sep 7, 2015
MoMA
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Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New
Dec 21, 2013–Apr 21, 2014
MoMA
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There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage’s
4′33″ Oct 12, 2013–Jun 22, 2014
MoMA
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MoMA Media Lounge
Feb 29, 2012–Jul 8, 2013
MoMA
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Simone Forti has
11 exhibitionsonline.
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Simone Forti Roller Boxes 1960
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Simone Forti See Saw 1960
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Simone Forti Censor 1961
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Simone Forti Censor 1961
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Simone Forti From Instructions 1961
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Simone Forti Hangers 1961
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Simone Forti Huddle 1961
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Simone Forti Platforms 1961
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Simone Forti Slant Board 1961
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Various Artists, George Brecht, Claus Bremer, Earle Brown, Joseph Byrd, John Cage, Anthony Cox, David Degener, Walter De Maria, Ding Dong, Henry Flynt, Simone Forti, Dick Higgins, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Terry Jennings, Ray Johnson, Jackson Mac Low, Richard Maxfield, Robert Morris, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Terry Riley, Dieter Roth, James Waring, Emmett Williams, Christian Wolff, La Monte Young An Anthology 1962
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George Brecht, Claus Bremer, Earle Brown, Joseph Byrd, John Cage, Anthony Cox, David Degener, Walter De Maria, Henry Flynt, Yoko Ono, Dick Higgins, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Terry Jennings, Dennis Johnson, Ding Dong, Ray Johnson, Jackson Mac Low, Richard Maxfield, Robert Morris, Simone Forti An Anthology 1963
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George Brecht, Claus Bremer, Earle Brown, Joseph Byrd, John Cage, Anthony Cox, David Degener, Walter De Maria, Henry Flynt, Yoko Ono, Dick Higgins, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Terry Jennings, Dennis Johnson, Ding Dong, Ray Johnson, Jackson Mac Low, Richard Maxfield, Robert Morris, Simone Forti, Nam June Paik, Terry Riley, Dieter Roth, James Waring, Emmett Williams, Christian Wolff, La Monte Young An Anthology of chance operations, concept art, anti art, indeterminacy, plans of action, diagrams, music, dance constructions, improvization, meaningless work, natural disasters, compositions, mathematics, essays, poetry 1963
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Simone Forti Large Illumination Drawings 1972
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Simone Forti Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings 1972
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Simone Forti Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings 1972
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Simone Forti Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings 1972
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Simone Forti Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings 1972
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Simone Forti Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings 1972
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Simone Forti Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings 1972
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Simone Forti See Saw - hand drawn/written description of original performance (1961), with notes about Bob Morris c. 1972
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Simone Forti Handbook in Motion: Original drawing from Censor 1973
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Simone Forti Solo No. 1 1974
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Simone Forti Three Grizzlies 1974
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Simone Forti Dance Constructions: Yoko Ono Chambers St. Loft Map 1974
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Simone Forti Huddle 1974
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Simone Forti Photograph of "Slant Board Performance" at the Stedelijk Museum 1982
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Simone Forti Photograph of "Slant Board" Performance at the Stedelijk Museum 1982
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Simone Forti Sketches from "Hangers" Performance 2010
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Simone Forti Solo drawing from the "Hangers" Performance 2010
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Simone Forti Notebook - See Saw Notes 2011
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Simone Forti Handwritten draft of "Huddle" Performance
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