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Allan Kaprow

Allan Kaprow

American, 1927–2006

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Allan Kaprow was an American performance artist, installation artist, painter, and assemblagist. He helped to develop the "Environment" and "Happening" in the late 1950s and 1960s, as well as their theory. His Happenings — some 200 of them — evolved over the years. Eventually Kaprow shifted his practice into what he called "Activities", intimately scaled pieces for one or several players, devoted to the study of normal human activity in a way congruent to ordinary life. Fluxus, performance art, and installation art were, in turn, influenced by his work.

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Works in Collection

15 works
1¢ Life

1¢ Life

Pierre Alechinsky

1963–64, published 1964

Artists & Photographs

Artists & Photographs

Mel Bochner

1965–70, published 1970

Cocktail Table

Cocktail Table

Allan Kaprow

1967

Construction of European Mail-order Warehouse/Fluxshop

Construction of European Mail-order Warehouse/Fluxshop

Ay-O

1984 construction after 1964-65 photograph

Double page in-text plate (pages 100 and 101) from 1¢ Life

Double page in-text plate (pages 100 and 101) from 1¢ Life

Allan Kaprow

1964

Fluxus 1

Fluxus 1

Ay-O

c. 1976

How to Make a Happening

How to Make a Happening

Allan Kaprow

1966

Pose, March 22, 1969 Continued 1970 – from Artists & Photographs

Pose, March 22, 1969 Continued 1970 – from Artists & Phot...

Allan Kaprow

1969–70, published 1970

Prototype for Calling

Prototype for Calling

Allan Kaprow

1966

The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America)

The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: Th...

George Brecht

1962–64, published 1964

Untitled (Calling)

Untitled (Calling)

Allan Kaprow

(1965)

Untitled (Tree)

Untitled (Tree)

Allan Kaprow

(1965)

Untitled (plate 10) from The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America)

Untitled (plate 10) from The International Anthology of C...

Allan Kaprow

1964

dé-coll/age, no. 5

dé-coll/age, no. 5

Joseph Beuys

1966

dé-coll/age, no. 6

dé-coll/age, no. 6

Mary Bauermeister

1967

Exhibitions

3 exhibitions

Mar 17, 1977 – May 30, 1977

Bookworks

108 artists · 1 curator

Oct 03, 1983 – Jan 03, 1984

Video Art: A History

79 artists · 1 curator

Jun 04, 1987 – Sep 08, 1987

BERLINART 1961–1987

51 artists