Jean Brown papers

Ono, Yōko, 1933-

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Yoko Ono (born February 18, 1933, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York City in 1952 to join her family. She became involved with New York City's downtown artists scene in the early 1960s, which included the Fluxus group, and became well known in 1969 when she married English musician John Lennon of the Beatles, with whom she would subsequently ...

Cage, John.

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American composer. From the description of Imaginary landscape no. 4 or March no. 2, 1951. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 406987239 American composer, philosopher, and writer on music. From the description of [Renga]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270967275 In the summers of 1940 and 1941, John Cage was on the dance faculty of Mills College (Oakland, Calif.). He composed Dance music for Elfrid Ide when she was a student in 1940. ...

Young, La Monte

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Young was born on Oct. 14, 1935 in Bern, ID; grew up in Los Angeles and Utah; attended LA City College (1953-55), LA State College (1956-57), Univ. of CA, LA (1957-58), and Univ. of CA, Berkeley (1958-60); studied with William Green and Leonard Stein in LA, Karlheinz Stockhausen in Darmstadt, and with Richard Maxfield at the New School for Social Research in New York (1960-61); since 1960 Young has been a freelance composer, performer, lecturer, and teacher; became music editor of the bimonthly ...

Campos, Augusto ˜deœ

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Desnos, Robert, 1900-1945

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French poet. From the description of Robert Desnos letters, 1921-1942. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79154067 ...

Leo Castelli Gallery

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Leo Castelli Gallery (est. 1957) art gallery, New York, N.Y. Leo Castelli (1907-1999), founder of Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, N.Y. He established the Leo Castelli Gallery in 1957, recognizing that important cultural changes were occuring in America and that a new form of art would derive from Abstract Expressionism which was in its heyday. The first two artists he signed up were Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, both transitional figures in the move f...

Franklin Furnace archive

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Bennett, John M. (John Mirza), 1908-1993

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John M. Bennett was born in Chicago, Oct. 12, 1942. A life-long poet, his work started to become well-known in the 1970's. Since that time he has become one of the world's best-known avant-garde and experimental poets. He has worked in a wide variety of genres, including text poetry, visual poetry, graphics, sound and performance poetry, mail art, film and media, and has collaborated with other writers and artists from around the world. He was also editor of the international literary journal Lo...

Institute for Art and Urban Resources

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Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-

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B. 1929, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Claes Oldenburg was born in 1929, in Stockholm. His father was a diplomat, and the family lived in the United States and Norway before settling in Chicago in 1936. Oldenburg studied literature and art history at Yale University, New Haven, from 1946 to 1950. He subsequently studied art under Paul Wieghardt at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1950 to 1954. During the first two years of art school, he also worked as an apprentice reporter at the City News Bureau of Chi...

Coum Transmissions

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Huelsenbeck, Richard, 1892-1974

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German poet, closely involved with the Zürich Dada movement, Huelsenbeck introduced Dada to Berlin and edited several important Dada journals. From the description of Richard Huelsenbeck papers, 1910-1978. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78263944 One of the original founders of the Dada movement in Zurich. As a writer, he was associated with the Dadaists in Zurich and Berlin. He was living in Germany in 1933 when Hitler rose to power and immigrated to the Un...

Moorman, Charlotte

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Charlotte Moorman was a cellist and performance artist who established the Annual Avant Garde Festival in 1963 in New York City. From the description of The World of Charlotte Moorman collection, 1957-2000. (Art Institute of Chicago). WorldCat record id: 82103578 ...

Frank, Peter, 1950-

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Knowles, Alison, 1933-....

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Alison Knowles (1933- ) is an artist and a founding member of Fluxus in New York, N.Y. Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is a former director of iCI in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Alison Knowles, 2010 June 1-2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744436674 ...

Sharits, Paul

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Durland, Steven

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Hompson, Davi Det, 1939-1996

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David E. Thompson / Davi Det Hompson (1939-December 8, 1996) was a Richmond artist who exhibited widely in the United States and Europe. His work is included in the collections of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; the Kansas City Art Institute; the New Museum, Museum of Modern Art, and Franklin Furnace in New York City; the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art; the Archive Sohm in Germany; and the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands. He is best known for creating book art, mail art, and tex...

Mac Low, Jackson

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A performance artist and the author of more than two dozen books of experimental verse, Mac Low was born in Chicago in 1922 and educated at the University of Chicago (1939-1943) and Brooklyn College (1955-1958). He has worked as a music teacher, an English teacher, a translator, and an editor. From the description of Papers, 1923-1995. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32539702 BIOGRAPHY Born in ...

Groh, Klaus, 1936-....

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Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998

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American artist, poet, writer, publisher, composer, and educator. From the description of Dick Higgins papers, ca. 1960-1994 (bulk 1972-1993). (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 146003268 Artist, poet, publisher, and composer; New York and Barrytown, NY. Member of the artists' group, Fluxus. Died Oct. 25, 1998. From the description of Dick Higgins papers, 1958-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79005545 D. October 25, 1998. Fro...

Phillips, Tom, 1927-

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Valoch, Jiří.

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Banana, Anna, 1940-

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Anna Banana (b. 1940), formerly Anne Lee Long, is a visual and performance artist from Canada. Since the 1970s, she has been a major contributor and innovator of mail art. For over 30 years, she has been part of the International Mail Art Network (IMAN), an art exchange program that involves artists from all over the world. She has also published extensively on art related topics, including a newsletter called Banana Rag (1971-1991), which she converted into Artistamp News (1991-1996). In additi...

Colby, Sas

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American artist Sas Colby makes fabric boxes which include stitchery drawing, appliqué, stuffing, and other soft sculpture techniques. From the description of [Soft sculpture mailed from Berkeley, California to Christo in New York City] / Sas Colby. 1980. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82973513 ...

Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948

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German artist and writer. From the description of Catalogue and price lists for CVM (Celler Volks-Moebel), 1930. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80461152 ...

Ulrichs, Timm

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Clark, Thomas A., 1952-

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Corner, Philip ca. 20. Jh.

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Johnson, Ray.

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Porter, Bern, 1911-2004

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Bernard Harden Porter was born on Feb. 14, 1911 in Porter Settlement, ME; Sc. B, Colby College, 1932; Sc. M, Brown Univ., 1933; special courses at Da Vinci School (1937), Convair School (1957), Univ. of Maine (1960), and Federal School (1963); in 1929 founded Bern Porter (publishing company) in Belfast, ME; became physicist for Acheson Colloids Corp. (1935-40) and for the Manhattan District Engineers (1940-45); became consulting physicist in 1945; director of Contemporary Gallery, West Coast Des...

Horn, Stu.

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Cavellini, Guglielmo Achille, 1914-

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Fine, Albert M.

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Galántai, György

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Ernst, Max, 1891-1976

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German-French Surrealist painter. From the description of Letter : Sedona, to Alfred Barr, 1947 Nov. 19. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77955633 Max Ernst (1891-1976) was a painter and sculptor, from New York, N.Y. From the description of Max and Dorothea Ernst letters concerning Max Ernst's American citizenship status, [ca. 1957]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122403886 German painter. From the description of Letter, ca. 19...

D S H (Dom Sylvester Houédard), 1924-

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Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002

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Epithet: poet and publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000241 ...

Kitchen Center for Video, Music, Dance, Performance, Film, and Literature (New York, N.Y.)

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Pittore, Carlo

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Higgins, E. F.

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Spoerri, Daniel, 1930-....

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Vries, Herman ˜deœ 1931-

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Vries is a Dutch painter and sculptor. From the description of Eschenau summer press and temporary travelling press publications, 1974-1996. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79390523 From the guide to the Eschenau summer press and temporary travelling press publications, 1974-1996., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Furnival, Astrid, 1940-

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Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963

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French writer and poet. From the description of Le papier colle ou le proverbe en peinture (essay), n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79154125 ...

Williams, Emmett (Singer)

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Nations, Opal L.

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Souza, Al, 1944-

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Watts, Robert, 1923-1988

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Robert Watts, trained in engineering and ancient art history, was a prescient artist of new and mixed media, best known as a founding member of Fluxus. From the description of Robert Watts papers, 1883-1989, bulk 1940-1988 (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 145882578 Biographical / Historical Note Robert Watts, born in 1923, spent his childhood and adolescence in Iowa and Louisville, Kentucky. The son of a me...

Furnival, John, 1933-

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Truck, Fred

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Cox, Kenneth, 1916-2005

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Etlinger, Amelia

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Random, Steve.

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Brecht, George, 1925-

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Saito, Takako, 1929-

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Dufrene, Francois Rene, 1930-1982

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Francois Dufrene was born on September 21, 1930 in Paris and was a French Nouveau realist visual artist, Lettrist and Ultra-Lettrist poet. He is primarily known as a pioneer in sound poetry and for his use of décollage within Nouveau réalisme.Dufrene explored vocal possibilities of concrete music, a form of expression based on spontaneity directly recorded to tape, exploiting the noise music of sound, meaning and nonsense.He is considered one of the important artists in that Neo-Dada art movemen...

Arman, 1928-2005

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Arman (1928-2005) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y. Born Armand Pierre Fernandez. Changed name to Armand Pierre Arman and known as Arman. From the description of Oral history interview with Arman, 1968 May 18 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595110 ...

Castro, Lourdes, 1930-

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Portuguese-born "new realist" and conceptual artist who was associated with Fluxus in the early 1960s. She lived in Portugal and Paris and exhibited her work throughout Europe. From the description of Papers, 1966-1987. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83287212 ...

Fluxus (Group of artists)

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Fluxus is an international and interdisciplinary group of artists, composers, designers and poets that took shape in the 1960s and 1970s, founded by artist Willem de Ridder. Dutch gallerist and art critic Harry Ruhé describes Fluxus as "the most radical and experimental art movement of the sixties". Fluxus is known for experimental contributions to different artistic media and disciplines. Fluxus is also known for generating art forms that were new when Fluxus artists created them. These art for...

Groh, Klaus

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Paik, Nam June

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Kirkeby, Per

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Roth, Dieter, 1930-1998

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d. June 6, 1998. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 82652344 ...

Shiomi, Mieko, 1909-1948

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Ay-o, 1931-

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Vautier, Ben, 1935-....

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Beau Geste Press

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The Beau Geste Press existed in England between 1971-1974. It was founded by Felipe Ehrenberg, David Mayor, Chris Welch, and Martha Hellion. It printed the works of visual poets, conceptualists, and neo-dadaists, many of whom were closely tied to the Fluxus movement. The press printed artist books using inexpensive materials, such as mimeograph machines, cheap paper, and staples. Consequently, many of the materials in the collection are rather fragile. In 1974 the Beau Geste Press merged with se...

Lennon, John

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Epithet: weaver of Preston British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001f1 ...

Schmit, Tomas

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Coracle press

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A unique English outgrowth of the 1960s European revolution in prints, books, and multiples, Coracle Press was founded in London by artist-poet Simon Cutts in 1975, incorporating the remains of Tarasque Press (1964-1972), a prior publishing enterprise of Cutts' (with Stuart Mills). In 1976 Cutts established Coracle Press Gallery in a building adjacent to the press, creating a physical expression of his interest in the relationship between the book and the exhibition. Influenced by concrete poetr...

Reynolds, Jock

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Galerie im Centre

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Filliou, Robert

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Liss, Carla.

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Copp, Fletcher

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Brown, Jean, 1911-1994

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Jean Brown was born in Brooklyn, New York, 20 December 1911. Her father, Irving Levy, was a rare book dealer. During the Depression Brown worked in a library in Springfield, Massachusetts where she was trained in library cataloging. Brown amassed a significant and rich body of materials by many of the most influential and challenging artists of the 20th century. The initial inspiration for the collection was provided by Dada painters and poets: an anthology, 1951, edited by Robert Motherwell....

Maciunas, George, 1931-1978

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Calendar, Don.

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Nannucci, Maurizio, 1939-....

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Knížák, Milan.

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Czech artist born 1940. Knížák influenced Czech underground music, especially with his rock project Aktual, was a member of Fluxus in the 1960s and 1970s, and served as Director of the National Gallery in Czechslovakia, 1967-1971. From the description of Destroyed music, 1963-1979. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 419263495 ...

Man Ray, 1890-1976

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Photographer. Halpert was director of the Downtown Gallery, New York, N.Y. and a friend of director of museum director, James W. Foster. From the description of Photograph of Edith Halpert, [ca. 1930]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744432180 From the description of Photograph of Edith Halpert, [ca. 1930]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455038 Biographical/Historical Note American-born photographer, painter, a...

Christo, 1935-

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Christo (American/Bulgarian, b.1935) is a sculptor best known for his unique wrapped works, which span from small-scale wrapped books to entire buildings and sites in nature, encased in fabric. Christo, born Christo Vladimiroff Javacheff, attended the art academy in Sofia as a youth, trained in the Socialist Realist aesthetic of the era. He moved to Prague, where he was first exposed to the work of early European modernists, and later to Paris, where he befriended a group of artists including Yv...

Galerie und Edition Hundertmark

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Gestner, Karl.

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Beuys, Joseph

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B. 1921 d. 1985. From the description of Joseph Beuys artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432986 ...

Jones, Joe, 1934-

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Gerlovina, Rimma.

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Patterson, Benjamin

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Benjamin Patterson (1934- ) is a Fluxus artist and musician who lives and works in Germany and New York, N.Y. Patterson was educated at the University of Michigan and plays the double-bass. From the description of Oral history interview with Benjamin Patterson, 2009 May 22 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 430381159 ...

Hendricks, Geoffrey 1931-

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Geoffrey Hendricks (b. 1931) is a Fluxus artist. Hendricks taught at Rutgers University for 47 years. Hendricks lives and works in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Geoffrey Hendricks, 2009 May 15-19 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 430381156 ...

Coach house press

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Banville, Bernard (Zona)

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Gerlovin, Valeriy

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Miller, Larry D., 1950-

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Finlay, Ian Hamilton

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Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener. Much of his work on paper was issued through his own Wild Hawthorne Press, which he founded in 1964. From the description of Collection of printed material from Wild Hawthorn Press, 1977-1990. (University of Illinois-Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 301555191 Scottish concrete poet and garden designer, born 1925. From the description of Thonier : watercolor print, nd. (Unknown)...

Cutts, Simon, 1944-

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Biographical/Historical Note Ian Hamilton Finlay is a Scottish artist best known for his concrete poetry, his gardens which incorporate poetry and sculpture, and his penchant for controversy. He was born in 1925 in the Bahamas. His family returned to Scotland when he was a child and he was, briefly, educated there. He left school at 13, and served in the army (RASC) beginning in 1942. After WWII, Finlay began to write short stories and poetry...

Friedman, Ken, 1949-....

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Conceptual artist, sculptor, educator, composer, and writer; San Diego, Calif.; b. 1949 in New London, Conn. Educated at San Francisco State College. Lived and worked in San Diego, Calif. Also active in Germany. From the description of Ken Friedman papers, 1969-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122741 Writer, musician, conceptual artitst, and the founder of Fluxus West, Friedman is a principal participant in the Fluxus movement which flourished during the l...

Vostell, Wolf, 1932-1998

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Interdada Group San Francisco.

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Giersbach, William.

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Andersen, Eric G., 1950-

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Wall, Beriah.

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Olbrich, Jürgen O.

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Held, John, 1947-....

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[Not to be confused with illustrator John Held, 1889-1958].) John Held, Jr. (the "Jr." is an appropriated addition) was born in 1947. He matured as an artist in the mid-seventies, and became involved in the international Mail Art network, mentored by Fluxus collector Jean Brown and the artist Ray Johnson. He holds a M.L.S. (1972) from the Syracuse University School of Information Science, and has combined his interests in information science and alternative art to form the largest archive of Mai...