Laura p williams issued in a wooden box with plexiglass cover. Inspire a love of reading with amazon book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with amazon book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new amazon book box prime customers receive 15% off your first box. Wolf vostell 19321998 was a german artist best known for video art, performances and installations involving televisions, automobiles and other household objects. Uchicago arts concrete happenings aims to spark dialogue. Luchterhand, 19701973 rare book collection f n6888. Harvard art museums log in to the harvard art museums please enter your information below. Besides affording us an insight into his plans and processes, the book also affirms wolf vostell s status as one of the drivers of holistic projects combining both art and life. A generous anthology documenting ten years of vostell s fluxus happenings dating back to the early 1960s. Volume 2 number 7 distributing books april 1973, pdf volume 2 number 8 february 1983, pdf index to volume 3 volume 3 number 2 mediocracy. Life art life features a powerful selection of installations, paintings, sculptures and films, among other very varied art media used by vostell, from the late 50s to 1998, as well as a selection from his rich archive of many documentation related to many of his most important projects.
The theatre is on the street backlist program kerber verlag. Concrete happenings uchicago arts the university of. Jun 02, 2010 wolf vostell born leverkusen 1932 died berlin 1998 realised more than fifty happenings between 1954 and 1988 that turned spectators into participants. Jul 10, 2020 famous for creating happenings in the s, he is also known for having. Uchicago arts concrete happenings aims to spark dialogue on. In 1959 vostell was the first one to use actual television sets incorporated in. Other artists and writers represented include claes oldenberg, george brecht, marhall mcluhan, wolf vostell, robert filliou, alison knowles, dieter roth, bern. Thank you all so much for heling us celebrate public art, fluxus, and the amazing concrete work of wolf vostell. A possible survey on video is a somewhat modest yet precisely executed exhibition at the rooster gallery in the lower east side, where a selection of the artists video works are installed across two floors.
Mercedes vostell is the widow of german painter, sculptor and happening artist wolf vostell. Skeleton, from the portfolio decollage5, happenings pieces musical scores wolf vostell, 1995. This is vividly demonstrated by a 1966 attempt to create a simultaneous three country happening by allan kaprow, marta minujin and wolf vostell that establishes the book s central concerns, revealing how artistic. The sketches and scores are extensively documented, as are numerous concepts and photographs from vostell s own happening archive at the museo vostell malpartida. Techniques such as blurring and decollage are characteristic of his work, as is embedding objects in concrete and the use of television sets in his works. Fantastic architecture epub pdf telecharger pdf vrparc. Heinz ohff collection of wolf vostell papers oac pdf server. Historical resource for the original interconnection among these four overlapping, once mutually enhancing, artistic movements, aesthetic concerns that have subsequently been pried apart in the history of art. Dlia golosa for the voice, a collection of poems by mayakovsky, constructed by lissitzky, has long been recognized as one of the finest achievements of russian avantgarde bookmaking, a tradition in which poets and artists collaborated to create books that attained the status of art objects. With monetary help from his friend dick higgins, an organizer of fluxus, vostell publishes his magazines books under the title decollage. Collected by wolf vostell s friend, the german art critic heinz ohff, the wolf vostell papers document the activities of one of europes pioneers in video art, happenings, and fluxus.
The bulk of the material dates from the 1970s and the early 1980s, a prolific period in vostell s career. Concrete happenings uchicago arts the university of chicago. Vostell, fluxus, and the built environment january 22 march 17, 2017 taking its title and inspiration from the seminal publication fantastic architecture 1970, edited by wolf vostell and dick higgins and published by something else press, this exhibition presents various approaches to architecture, urban space, and. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, fluxus cofounder wolf vostell 19321998 used concrete as an actual material and an artistic motif in a surprising, unique body of work that includes the colossal sculpture concrete traffic during this time, vostell mobilized concretes ambivalent connotations of permanence and inflexibility, strength and violence, to engage with postwar urbanism. Dutton, 1965, caused a sensation in the art world, and the form was widely imitated by such diverse artists as jeanjacques lebel in france, wolf vostell and joseph beuys in germany, and t. Other artists and writers represented include claes oldenberg, george brecht, marhall mcluhan, wolf vostell, robert filliou, alison knowles, dieter roth. Mercedes vostell born mercedes guardado olivenza, july 22, 1933 is a spanish writer and since 1998 the artistic director of the museo vostell malpartida mvm. Happenings, fluxus, pop art, nouveau realisme eine dokumentation herausgegeben jurgen becker, wolf vostell on. Your institution does not have access to this book on jstor. By the mid1960s, many practitioners desired to leave behind the notions of ephemerality, transience and improvisation associated with the happenings of the late 1950s.
Smart museum of art, the university of chicago, purchase by a donation from amy l. Others coming from different backgrounds saw how kaprows. Beyond the happening uncovers the heterogeneous, uniquely. Thank you to all our sponsors, partners, and participants for supporting the return of concrete traffic concrete happenings invited artlovers and carlovers, artists and scholars, drivers and pedestrians to confront the power of public artthe strange power of a massive sculpture produced by fluxus artist wolf vostell. In tandem with the uchicago arts program concrete happenings that celebrates the return to campus of fluxus artist wolf vostell s colossal eventsculpture concrete traffic 1970, this exhibition aims to showcase an array of germanic artists books that intersect with and depart from the ambitions of concrete poetry and performance art. In the 1960s, us television ownership reached new heights and the tv was at. Wolf vostell was the first artist in art history to integrate a television set.
Reprints of artists publications from the seventies a. Carol ross 14 abril5 junio, 2004 april 14june 5, 2004 by carol ross author, galeria vostell madrid author and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Concrete happenings three january exhibitions open january 22, celebrating wolf vostell and the fluxus movement. Gold and funds from the paul and miriam kirkley fund for acquisitions, 2016. While this yearlong program is no longer active, you can still visit wolf vostell s colossal concrete traffic anytime at its permanent home on uchicago campus. Mercedes vostell is a spanish writer and since 1998 the artistic director of the museo vostell malpartida mvm. Wolf vostell born leverkusen 1932 died berlin 1998 realised more than fifty happenings between 1954 and 1988 that turned spectators into participants. Parts, described in michael kirbys book happenings new york. In 1959 vostell was the first one to use actual television sets incorporated in his work 3. Today marks the end of concrete happenings at the university of chicago. Given todays continually cheapening technologies, it might be challenging to appreciate the radicality of this generations actions. Kaprow, emerged in the late 1950s on two sides of the. Contents include book plus 15 folded posters, silkscreen print, one package of bromoseltzer mounted on mirrored mylar, and one piece of matzoh. The theatre is on the street backlist program kerber.
Vostell was involved fluxus, an international movement characterized by collaborative work processes, artwork in a variety of media or. December 23, 2016 from an unreadable concreteencased book to avant garde film, three related exhibitions at the university of chicago explore the international fluxus movement and the work of wolf vostell. Wolf vostell, the germanborn artist and coinventor of happenings, along with american artist allan. Happenings, fluxus, pop art, nouveau realisme eine. Besides this growing literature, there is an increasing. Wolf vostell, fliegende zementwolke ueber chicago flying cement cloud over chicago, 1970, cement on photographic print mounted on chipboard. The smolin gallery sponsored two innovative wolf vostell events on tv. Bromo seltzer packet mounted on a strip of mylar, 21 x 14 cm. In 1958 he creates the first street happeningevent, closing up a small street in paris 2. Getting the arts past the 1980s october 1983, pdf volume 3 number 3 a very short autobiography of originality november 1983, pdf newscards pdf camilles. Something else press newsletters 196683 primary information. Concrete happenings three january exhibitions open january.
Edited by dick higgins and wolf vostell, this artists book anthology explores the. Vostell, patterson and paik, all of whom lived in cologne, were in constant contact and collaborated on performances of their work. In 195556 he attended the ecole des beauxarts, paris and in 1957 the kunstakademie, dusseldorf. Featuring reproductions of performances, notes, drawings, and artwork. Handsomely typeset in bell gothic, like most fluxus publications published around this time. Wolf vostell 14 october 1932 3 april 1998 was a german painter and sculptor, considered.
He initially trained 195053 as a photolithographer, but in 1954 started studying painting and experimental typography at the werkkunstschule, wuppertal. Important short book for those interested in the origins of happenings as an art form. Knowledge of the material history of wolf vostell s monumental public sculpture, concrete traffic 1970, demonstrates the profound contributions of technical art history for narratives of postwar and contemporary art, emphasizing the significance of the life of materials for generating and sustaining meaning, the value of investigating gaps between a works conception and its form, and. Do it yourself, kalender 63 1963, happenings and actions, u. Nam june paik, dieter roth, george brecht, stanley brouwn, wolf vostell, emmett. Primary information is reprinting the seminal book, fantastic architecture, making the book widely available for the first time since it was originally published. Wolf vostell s concrete traffic 1970 wolf vostell wolf vostell 19321998 was a german artist best known for happenings, video art, and installations involving televisions and automobiles.
Jan jacob herman and distributed by city lights books. Wolf vostell reclaiming the present through decollage the. The colossal work, conceived in 1970 by german fluxus artist vostell 19321998, will aim to interrupt daily life by being placed among. Concrete happenings three january exhibitions open. In 1963 wolf vostell made the happening tvburying at the yam festival in coproduction with the smolin gallery and in 1964 the happening you in great neck, new york. During 1966, the artist wolf vostell designed a poster that could be folded into a. Artists book of screenprint on laminated paperboard with metal handscrew clamp. A key mode for vostell was the happening, an art event or situation intended to interrupt everyday life that often involved audience participation and some measure of. Vostell s most important happenings conceived between 1954 and 1966, as well as factual accounts of their realisation all traslated by laura p. Vostell staged his first happenings in 1958, invariably involving onlookers, and sometimes the entire city setting, in these events. Wolf vostell 14 october 1932 3 april 1998 was a german painter and sculptor, considered one of the early adopters of video art and installation art and pioneer of happenings and fluxus.
Concrete happenings three january exhibitions open january 22, celebrating wolf vostell and the fluxus movement december 23, 2016 from an unreadable concreteencased book to avant garde film, three related exhibitions at the university of chicago explore the international fluxus movement and the work of wolf vostell. Wolf vostell wolf vostell october 14, 1932 in leverkusen. Wolf vostell collected photographs, artistic texts, personal correspondence with companions such as nam june paik, joseph beuys, dick higgins, and other objects that. Buy essays on the blurring of art and life 2rev ed by allan kaprow isbn. April 3, 1998 in berlin was a german painter, sculptor and happening artist of the second half of the 20th century. Contents of the box include 1 book, 15 folded sheets of artwork by the author, 1 matzo cracker, 1 packet of bromo seltzer stomach antacid, 1 limited. By moving out of the studio and onto the street, vostell was taking what constituted a pioneering step for european action art, by incorporating his fellow citizens into the artistic process. During 1966, the artist wolf vostell designed a poster that could be fold. Skeleton, from the portfolio decollage5, happenings.
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