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Out of Bounds: Japanese Women Artists in Fluxus

October 29, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

A review of a Fluxus retrospective from the New York Times. Through Jan. 21 at Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, Manhattan https://www.japansociety.org/arts-and-culture/exhibitions/kazuko-miyamoto  

Posted in: Arts, Content, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, History, Modern Music, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Ayaka Iida, Conceptual art, Cut Piece, Experimental music, George Maciunas, improvisation, John Cage, Midori Yoshimoto, Mieko Shiomi, Minimalism, Nam June Paik, performance, Shigeko Kubota, Takako Saito, Tiffany Lambert, Vagina Painting, video, Yasunao Tone, Yoko Ono

Barry Le Va, Whose Art Defied Boundaries, Dies at 79

February 22, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

I had never heard of Mr. Le Va until his obituary in the New York Times today, February 22, 2021. Extolling horizontality, he made sculptures from felt, flour, glass sheets and even meat cleavers. Elsewhere, in a performance piece, his body was a sprinting projectile.

Posted in: Faits Divers, Obituaries, Thinking about Tagged: ball bearings, chalk, Dia, felt, flour, flux, Fluxus, iron oxide, mineral oil, Ohio State University, paper towels, performance, performance art, Post-Minimalist, sculptor, wood dowels

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