Childsplay :
Kelley, Jeff.
Childsplay : the art of Allan Kaprow / Child's play Jeff Kelley ; with a foreword by David Antin. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. - xxi, 249 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Allan at work / David Antin -- Sweeping the stage -- John Dewey and the ranch -- A prelude -- Eighteen happenings in six parts -- Happenings in the New York scene -- Hoopla -- On the road -- Passing through -- The education of the un-artist, I -- The education of the un-artist, II -- The education of the un-artist, III -- Zen -- Storytelling -- Rehearsals.
"Allan Kaprow has been described as an avant-garde revolutionary, a radical sociologist, a Zen(ish) monk, a progressive educator, and an anti-art theorist. As this book reminds us, however, he has also been an influential artist. Known for his "Happenings," Kaprow created vanguard performances in the early 1960s in which he collaged various art forms (painting, music, dance), disguised as ordinary things (newspapers, noise, body movement), into quasi-theatrical events. In the decades since, his works have remained open to the changing character of contemporary experience, always seeking the thresholds at which art and life converge. Because this art places such emphasis on direct experience, some people today think Kaprow's works were primarily transitory and immaterial. Childsplay corrects that misconception by providing a description of Kaprow's Happenings and other art activities, clarifying their materiality, duration, and setting, as well as the ways in which people participated in them. Jeff Kelley brings the artist, his era, and his work to life by showing that Kaprow's artworks were physically present, socially engaged, and intellectually resonant in the moment of their enactment."--BOOK JACKET.
0520236718 9780520236714
2004009707
Kaprow, Allan--Criticism and interpretation.
Kaprow, Allan--Critique et interprétation
Kaprow, Allan, 1927-
Kaprow, Allan, 1927-2006.
Happening (Art)--United States.
Conceptual art--United States.
Happenings.
Happening--États-Unis.
Art conceptuel--États-Unis.
Art conceptuel
Happening
N6537.K27 / K45 2004
700/.92
Childsplay : the art of Allan Kaprow / Child's play Jeff Kelley ; with a foreword by David Antin. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. - xxi, 249 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Allan at work / David Antin -- Sweeping the stage -- John Dewey and the ranch -- A prelude -- Eighteen happenings in six parts -- Happenings in the New York scene -- Hoopla -- On the road -- Passing through -- The education of the un-artist, I -- The education of the un-artist, II -- The education of the un-artist, III -- Zen -- Storytelling -- Rehearsals.
"Allan Kaprow has been described as an avant-garde revolutionary, a radical sociologist, a Zen(ish) monk, a progressive educator, and an anti-art theorist. As this book reminds us, however, he has also been an influential artist. Known for his "Happenings," Kaprow created vanguard performances in the early 1960s in which he collaged various art forms (painting, music, dance), disguised as ordinary things (newspapers, noise, body movement), into quasi-theatrical events. In the decades since, his works have remained open to the changing character of contemporary experience, always seeking the thresholds at which art and life converge. Because this art places such emphasis on direct experience, some people today think Kaprow's works were primarily transitory and immaterial. Childsplay corrects that misconception by providing a description of Kaprow's Happenings and other art activities, clarifying their materiality, duration, and setting, as well as the ways in which people participated in them. Jeff Kelley brings the artist, his era, and his work to life by showing that Kaprow's artworks were physically present, socially engaged, and intellectually resonant in the moment of their enactment."--BOOK JACKET.
0520236718 9780520236714
2004009707
Kaprow, Allan--Criticism and interpretation.
Kaprow, Allan--Critique et interprétation
Kaprow, Allan, 1927-
Kaprow, Allan, 1927-2006.
Happening (Art)--United States.
Conceptual art--United States.
Happenings.
Happening--États-Unis.
Art conceptuel--États-Unis.
Art conceptuel
Happening
N6537.K27 / K45 2004
700/.92
