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
1963
Artist's book, letterpress and offset printed
Not on view
Edited by La Monte Young in 1961, designed by George Maciunas, and published in 1963, An Anthology contains contributions by more than a dozen artists, many of whom would become associated with Fluxus. An early manifestation of the genre of artists’ books—books in which the content is the artwork—An Anthology contains a diverse array of contributions, including musical notation, visual and concrete poetry, graphics, instruction–based works, and essays. One primary inclusion is Henry Flynt’s 1961 essay “Concept Art (Provisional Version),” in which Flynt frames Conceptualism as “an art of which the material is ‘concepts,’ as the material of for ex.[ample] music is sound. Since ‘concepts’ are closely bound up with language, concept art is a kind of art of which the material is language.”
There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage’s 4’33”, October 12, 2013–June 22, 2014.
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Nam June Paik
American, born Korea. 1932–2006 106 works onlineI have to entertain people every second,” Nam June Paik has said. The tongue-in-cheek, self-deprecating nature of the quip is characteristic of Paik’s attitude toward art making.
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Yoko Ono
Born Japan, 1933 81 works onlineSince emerging onto the international art scene in the early 1960s, Yoko Ono has made profound contributions to visual art, performance, filmmaking, and experimental music.
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