it was a special mission for George to turn up the lights on any such illusionism and he was ever out to demonstrate that the art world has no clothes. Sold. Sign Up » and participating auction houses. The Museo Reina Sofía radio station.
George Maciunas. 1966.Lot 7286: Maciunas, George: George Maciunas und Fluxus-EditionenLot 199: George Maciunas Lot 430: George Maciunas (1931-1978) Happy Flux Year, TheLot 504: MACIUNAS George.
Like the definition of "Flux", which means "to flow", Fluxus artists sought to reorder the temples of production and reveal "the extraordinary that remains latent in the undisclosed ordinary" during the midst of the dramatic modernist epoch. He was perhaps the toughest of all on artists, reserving his strictest judgments for those he saw as self-promoting egoists who played into the hands of "High Art" barons.Dreamer. George Maciunas Follow. 1966. and proceeded to make Fluxus into a sort of multinational The shop, like all his business ventures, was notoriously unsuccessful, however. 17x11x inches, 43x29 cm.Lot 246: GEORGE MACIUNAS (1931-1978). People spoke to me about a George who demanded that everyone do things his way. These were either works made by individual Fluxus artists, sometimes in collaboration with Maciunas, or, most controversially, Maciunas's own interpretations of an artist's concept or score. 7/8 × 4 × 4 3/4 in. He did not see the world as it is, but as it might have been. Although it was illegal to sell the units publicly without first filing a full-disclosure prospectus with the New York State Attorney General, Maciunas ignored the legal requirements, beginning a series of increasingly bizarre run-ins with the The Fluxhouse cooperatives are often cited as playing a major role in regenerating and gentrifying SoHo.Perpetually sick, Maciunas developed cancer of the pancreas and liver in 1977. He was beautiful, foolish, dogmatic, charming. 21x34 inches, 54x87 cm.Lot 246: GEORGE MACIUNAS (1931-1978). Stick on tattoos , 1966. Larry Miller, "May I ask a stupid question? Artists U.S.A. SURPASSES ALL THE GENOCIDE RECORDS! 1966. The Museo Reina Sofía radio station. 1969. Folded pamphlet. George Maciunas (English: ; Lithuanian: Jurgis Mačiūnas; November 8, 1931 – May 9, 1978) was a Lithuanian American artist, born in Kaunas. By undermining the traditional role of art and artist, its humor is reflective of a goal to bring life back into art, which Maciunas states in his agenda, "If man could experience the world, the concrete world surrounding him (from mathematical ideas to physical matter) in the same way he experiences art, there would be no need for art, artists and similar 'nonproductive' elements".In 1960, whilst attending composition classes of the electronic composer To avoid debt collectors, Maciunas took a job as a civilian graphic designer at a One of the most notorious events performed at Wiesbaden was Maciunas' interpretation of After his contract with the US Airforce was terminated due to chronic illness, Maciunas was forced to return to New York, September 1963. Poster of the film Vali (Film-Maker’s Distribution Center), 1967. Ähus (Sweden), Maciunas et Kalejdoskop, 1979.
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21x34 inches, 54x87 cm.Lot 194: GEORGE MACIUNAS (1931-1978). The blurring of cultural conventions, which began in the early 20th century with movements such as Dada and Futurism, was continued by Fluxus artists in correspondence with the changes taking place in the sixties. A realist whose realism always needed another kind of reality. George possessed astonishing power, depth, and insight in the fields that he understood, but he understood nothing at all about other things. Learn more about artist insights. Burglary Fluxkit, circa 1980-89. Impossible.Maciunas was fascinating, talented, and by all accounts a nightmare. Greek and Roman history of art chart, 1955–1960 . Galerie Michael Hasenclever. George Maciunas. He filed a patent (#2,970,676) for the invention of a structural framework for prefabricated buildings using aluminum beams and columns on January 27, 1958. Their purpose was to erode the cultural status of art and to help to eliminate the artist's ego.Maciunas, a trained graphic designer, was responsible for the memorable packaging of fluxus objects, posters and newspapers, helping to give the movement a sense of unity that the artists themselves often denied.The best Fluxus 'Composition' is a most non-personal, 'readymade' one like Brecht's 'Exit'—it does not require and of us to perform it since it happens daily without any 'special' performance of it. 23x34 inches, 60x87 cm.Lot 371: U.S.A. Surpasses all the Genocide Records! Take a Quick Tour » {CR}Diagram of historical development of Fluxus.
Keywords Invaluable cannot guarantee the accuracy of translations through Google Translate and disclaims any responsibility for inaccurate translations.Lot 167: GEORGE MACIUNAS (1931-1978). Sign in to view your bids, favorites & more! Consign with Artsy. U.S.A. SURPASSES ALL THE GENOCIDE RECORDS! Group show at a major institution . We would all have gone our own ways, like the man crossing his street with his umbrella, and a woman walking a dog in another direction. His father, Alexander M. Maciunas, was a Lithuanian architect and engineer who had trained in Berlin, and his mother, Leokadija, was a Russian-born dancer from Tiflis affiliated with the Lithuanian National Opera and, later, Aleksandr Kerensky's private secretary, helping him complete his memoirs.