Alison Knowles
American visual artist, performances, soundworks, and publications (born 1933) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alison Knowles (born 1933) is an American visual artist known for her installations, performances, soundworks, and publications. Knowles was a founding member of the Fluxus movement, an international network of artists who aspired to merge different artistic media and disciplines. Criteria that have come to distinguish her work as an artist are the arena of performance, the indeterminacy of her event scores resulting in the deauthorization of the work, and the element of tactile participation. She graduated from Pratt Institute in New York with an honors degree in fine art. In May 2015, she was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by Pratt.[1]
Alison Knowles | |
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Born | 1933 (age 90–91) |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Performance art, Printmaking |
Movement | Fluxus |
In the 1960s, she was an active participant in New York City's downtown art scene, collaborating with influential artists such as John Cage and Marcel Duchamp. During this time she began producing event scores, or performances that rework the everyday into art. Knowles's inclusion of visual, aural, and tactile elements sets her art apart from the work of other Fluxus artists.
From July 20, 2022–February 12, 2023, Knowles was the subject of by Alison Knowles: A Retrospective (1960–2022)[2] at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)[3]