Alison Knowles | |
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 Knowles, c. 2002-5 | |
| Born | 1933 (age 90–91) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Performance art, Printmaking |
| Movement | Fluxus |
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]
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 to 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.[3]
- ^ "Pratt Institute | News | Honorary Degree Recipients and Speakers Announced for Commencement on May 15". pratt.edu. 6 June 2022.
- ^ "by Alison Knowles: A Retrospective (1960–2022)". bampfa.org. 20 April 2022.
- ^ Finkel, Jori (July 18, 2022). "When Making a Salad Felt Radical". The New York Times. eISSN 1553-8095. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522.