Friday, April 07, 2006

Allan Kaprow 1927-2006


Allan Kaprow 1927-2006


"Not satisfied with the suggestion through paint of our other senses, we shall utilize the specific substances of sight, sound, movement, people, odors, touch. Objects of every sort are materials for the new art: paint, chairs, food, electric and neon lights, smoke, water, old socks, a dog, movies, a thousand other things which will be discovered by the present generation artists. Not only will these bold creators show us, as if for the first time, the world we have always had about us but ignored, but they will disclose entirely unheard of happenings...."
- Allan Kaprow, "The Legacy of Jackson Pollock" (1958)

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