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Allan Kaprow (August 23, 1927 – April 5, 2006) 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.
Apr 5, 2006 · Allan Kaprow was a pivotal figure in the shifting art world of the 1960s; his "happenings," a form of spontaneous, non-linear action, revolutionized the practice of Performance Art.
- American
- August 23, 1927
- Atlantic City, New Jersey
- April 5, 2006
Apr 29, 2024 · Allan Kaprow (born Aug. 23, 1927, Atlantic City, N.J., U.S.—died April 5, 2006, Encinitas, Calif.) was an American performance artist, theoretician, and instructor who invented the name Happening for his performances and who helped define the genre’s characteristics.
Mar 12, 2016 · In October 1959, artist and Rutgers professor Allan Kaprow presented 18 Happenings in 6 Parts at the Reuben Gallery in New York’s East Village.
Allan Kaprow was an American artist who pioneered the happening, a form of performance art that involves audience participation and environmental intervention. MoMA presents his works, exhibitions, and publications, as well as his role in the Fluxus movement and the Judson Dance Theater.
Allan Kaprow was a pioneering American installation and performance artist known for his Happenings and his contributions to the Fluxus movement. View Allan Kaprow’s 55 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available prints and multiples, works on ...
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Apr 10, 2006 · Allan Kaprow, an artist who coined the term "happenings" in the late 1950's and whose anti-art, audience-participation works contributed to radical changes in the course of...
