Allan Kaprow: 18/6: 18 Happenings in 6 Parts: November 9/10/11 2006

On October 4, 1959, Allan Kaprow (1927-2006) premiered his seminal work 18 Happenings in 6 Parts at the Reuben Gallery in New York City. Kaprow combined new electronic music [more]

On October 4, 1959, Allan Kaprow (1927-2006) premiered his seminal work 18 Happenings in 6 Parts at the Reuben Gallery in New York City. Kaprow combined new electronic music and music theory, the plastic arts, theater and dance within an innovative structure that demanded audience participation. This happening anticipated, and gave form to, the conceptual dialogue of contemporary art. In November 2006, 18 Happenings in 6 Parts was performed a second time at Munich's Haus der Kunst in conjunction with a major traveling retrospective of the artist's work and the tenth International Dance Biennial of Munich (DANCE). Andre Lepecki's faithful rendering of 18 Happenings in 6 Parts is a living work as relevant and groundbreaking today as it was for Allan Kaprow's audience of 75 invited guests in 1959. This book is a rich visual introduction to both Lepecki's presentation of Kaprow's happening and the 2006 Kaprow retrospective.[less]

On October 4, 1959, Allan Kaprow (1927-2006) premiered his seminal work 18 Happenings in 6 Parts at the Reuben Gallery in New York City. Kaprow combined new electronic music [more]

On October 4, 1959, Allan Kaprow (1927-2006) premiered his seminal work 18 Happenings in 6 Parts at the Reuben Gallery in New York City. Kaprow combined new electronic music and music theory, the plastic arts, theater and dance within an innovative s...[less]

From the publisher--On October 4, 1959, Allan Kaprow premiered his seminal work ?18 Happenings in 6 Parts. ? In the small Reuben Gallery, upstairs on Fourth Avenue in New Yor [more]

From the publisher--On October 4, 1959, Allan Kaprow premiered his seminal work ?18 Happenings in 6 Parts. ? In the small Reuben Gallery, upstairs on Fourth Avenue in New York City, Kaprow combined new electronic music and music theory, the plastic arts, theatre and dance within an innovative structure that demanded audience participation. Kaprow's ?happening' anticipated, and gave form to, the conceptual dialogue of contemporary art. In November 2006, ?18 Happening in 6 Parts, ? was performed a second time. Andr? Lepecki's faithful rendering of ?18 Happenings in 6 Parts? is a living work as relevant and groundbreaking today as it was for Allan Kaprow's audience of 75 invited guests in 1959. This book is a rich visual introduction of both Lepecki's presentation of Kaprow's happening and the 2006 exhibition organized and curated by Eva Meyer-Hermann and Stephanie Rosenthal. Gray boards/white spine, 80pp, color and BW illustrations.[less]