Looking back on his time in Fluxus, German artist Tomas Schmit made the following remarks about Fluxus founder George Maciunas: “… an American/Lithuanian asthmatic, clinging to life with a large mountain of medicines. Even in the middle of crossing a street he would get out his throat spray. Sometimes he felt so bad that he […]
“Although once thought as a ‘movement’, with all the appropriate manifestos and positions, Fluxus is not a movement as such, but a tendency which cuts across the oeuvres of various artists rather than encompassing them totally. This brings Fluxus into total harmony with the art trends of the 1970s. What distinguishes Fluxus from other trends […]
NO SMOKING October 31 – December 19 Opening Reception: Saturday, October 31, 2009 12 – 5pm George Maciunas Untitled circa 1950’s oil on canvas 30” x 24” (76.2cm x 61 cm) Private Collection Stendhal Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition 7 Paintings from 1950’s and Graphic Works from October 31 – December 19, 2009. […]
“If man could experience the world, the concrete world surrounding him, in the same way he experiences art, there would be no need for art, artists, and similar ‘nonproductive’ elements.” -George Maciunas (1) George Maciunas (1931 – 1978) often asserted that Fluxus was not an art movement but a way of life. He became known […]
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