OPENING: ANYTHING CAN SUBSTITUTE ART
Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 6 - 8pm
OPENING DECEMBER 11, 2012
6:00 - 8:00pm
ANYTHING CAN SUBSTITUTE ART: MACIUNAS IN SOHO
41 COOPER GALLERY
41 Cooper Square, LL1
New York, NY 10003
Lithuanian-born artist, architect, designer, and self-appointed "chairman" of Fluxus, George Maciunas (1931‒1978, Cooper Union School of Art graduate 1952) radically challenged the idea of avant-garde art, whether as object, concept, or commodity. Fluxus, an international community of conceptual artists, poets and musicians, sought to redefine the role of the artist by substituting art for everyday tasks, experiences, actions, and sensations. More >
1. George Maciunas, Sketch for an announcement of the Fluxus yearboxes, c. 1965. (Detail.) Clippings on card board, 24.3 x 17.5 cm. © Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center, Vilnius
Located in the 41 Cooper Gallery, located in 41 Cooper Square, on Third Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets.