Alison Knowles
American, born 1933
- Introduction
- Alison Knowles (born 1933) is an American visual artist known for her installations, performances, soundworks, and publications. Knowles was a founding member of the Fluxus movement, an international network of artists who aspired to merge different artistic media and disciplines. Criteria that have come to distinguish her work as an artist are the arena of performance, the indeterminacy of her event scores resulting in the deauthorization of the work, and the element of tactile participation. She graduated from Pratt Institute in New York with an honors degree in fine art. In May 2015, she was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by Pratt.In the 1960s, she was an active participant in New York City's downtown art scene, collaborating with influential artists such as John Cage and Marcel Duchamp. During this time she began producing event scores, or performances that rework the everyday into art. Knowles's inclusion of visual, aural, and tactile elements sets her art apart from the work of other Fluxus artists.
- Wikidata
- Q243078
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Roles
- Artist, Mixed-Media Artist, Performance Artist
- Name
- Alison Knowles
- Ulan
- 500069909
Works
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Philip Corner, Emmett Williams, George Maciunas, Benjamin Patterson, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles Philip Corner's Piano Activities, performed by Philip Corner, George Maciunas, Emmett Williams, Benjamin Patterson, Dick Higgins, and Alison Knowles during Fluxus Internationale Festpiele Neuester Musik, Hörsaal des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, Germany, September 1, 1962 1962
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Philip Corner, George Maciunas, Emmett Williams, Benjamin Patterson, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles Philip Corner's Piano Activities, performed by Philip Corner, George Maciunas, Emmett Williams, Benjamin Patterson, Dick Higgins, and Alison Knowles during Fluxus Internationale Festpiele Neuester Musik, Hörsaal des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, Germany, September 1, 1962 1962
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Philip Corner, Emmett Williams, Alison Knowles, George Maciunas, Dick Higgins, Benjamin Patterson Philip Corner's Piano Activities, performed by Philip Corner, George Maciunas, Emmett Williams, Benjamin Patterson, Dick Higgins, and Alison Knowles during Fluxus Internationale Festpiele Neuester Musik, Hörsaal des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, Germany, September 1, 1962 1962
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Philip Corner, George Maciunas, Dick Higgins, Emmett Williams, Benjamin Patterson, Alison Knowles Philip Corner's Piano Activities, performed by Philip Corner, George Maciunas, Emmett Williams, Benjamin Patterson, Dick Higgins, and Alison Knowles during Fluxus Internationale Festpiele Neuester Musik, Hörsaal des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, Germany, September 1, 1962 1962
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George Maciunas, Albert Mertz, Arthur Köpcke, Alison Knowles George Maciunas' In Memoriam to Adriano Olivetti, Version 1 Poem, performed during Fluxus/Musik og Anti-Musik det Instrumentale Teater, Nikolai Kirke, Copenhagen, November 23, 1962 1962
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George Maciunas, Dick Higgins, Nam June Paik, Alison Knowles, Emmett Williams, George Maciunas, Benjamin Patterson George Maciunas' In Memoriam to Adriano Olivetti, performed during Concert No. 5, Fluxus Internationale Festspiele Neuester Musik, Städtisches Museum, Wiesbaden, September 8, 1962 1962
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George Maciunas, Nam June Paik, Alison Knowles, Emmett Williams, George Maciunas, Benjamin Patterson George Maciunas' In Memoriam to Adriano Olivetti, performed during Concert No. 5, Fluxus Internationale Festspiele Neuester Musik, Städtisches Museum, Wiesbaden, September 8, 1962 1962
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George Brecht, Alison Knowles, Robert Watts Blink 1963
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Manfred Leve, Dick Higgins, Nam June Paik, Joseph Beuys, Tomas Schmit, Bengt af Klintberg, Arthur Köpcke, Wolf Vostell, George Maciunas, Alison Knowles, Daniel Spoerri Dick Higgins' Graphis No. 118 (1962), performed during Festum Fluxorum/Fluxus/Musik und Antimusik/Das Instrumentale Theater, Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, February 3, 1963 1963
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George Brecht, Alison Knowles, Robert Watts Newspaper for Sissor Bros. Warehouse, Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, October 7–November 3, 1963 1963
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Alison Knowles, George Brecht, Robert Watts Attaché Case 1963
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Alison Knowles Music by Alison, performed during Fully Guaranteed 12 Fluxus Concerts, New York, May 23, 1964 1964
Exhibitions
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410: At the Border of Art and Life
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
MoMA
Collection gallery
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416: The Art of the Multiple
October 2019–Spring 2021
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Thinking Machines: Art and Design in the Computer Age, 1959–1989
Nov 13, 2017–Apr 8, 2018
MoMA
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Thing/Thought: Fluxus Editions, 1962–1978
Sep 21, 2011–Jan 16, 2012
MoMA
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Contemporary Art from the Collection
Jun 30, 2010–Sep 19, 2011
MoMA
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Alison Knowles has
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