Friedman, Ken, 1949-
Dates
- Existence: 1949 September 19
Biography
Ken Friedman was born on September 19, 1949 in New London, Connecticut. He matriculated at Shimer College in Mount Carroll, Illinois from 1966-1967. He received his Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at San Francisco State University in 1971. In 1976 he received his doctorate from United States International University. He has been an important figure in the Fluxus movement, an internanationl laboratory for experimental art, architecture, design, literature, and music. He has been involved in the mail art movement. He has written extensively on these movements. From 1994-2009 Friedmans served on the faculty at the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo as well as at the Design Research Center at the Danish School of Design in Copenhagen from 2003-2009. In October 2007 he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Design at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Annotation by Marvin and Ruth Sackner
Nationality
American
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Brain Cell: No.3 / Cohen, Ryosuke; Sackner MA; Friedman K; Colonna G; Daligand D., 1985
The print includes a reproduction of a fragment of the business card of Marvin Sackner. This broadside in an unfolded state together with other Ryosuke Cohen's Brain Cells and cards are stored in a large green & black folder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Faux Fluxus/West Edition, Stamp Art Editions, 1995
The rubber stamps were designed by Ken Friedman, Chuck Welch, Bill Gaglone, Steve Random, Luce Fierens, and Ed Varney on the occasion of an exhibition by Ken Friedman, entitled, Rubber Stamps, at Stamp Art Gallery in San Francisco. The original Friedman rubber stamp was designed by Wolfgang Feelish and became among the most widely reproduced stamp in international mail art networking. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Outline for A History of Artistamps and Stamps as an Art Medium / Banana, Anna; Watts R; Friedman K; Maciunas G; Spoerri D; Ben; Tot E; Roth D; Tilson J; Cleveland B; Varney E; Cavellini GA; Welch C; Lloyd G; Perneczky G; Fricker H., 1995
Anna Banana provides chapter outlines for a proposed book that describes and traces the history of artistamps from 1914 until the present. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Rubber Fluxus Stamps / Friedman, Ken ; Estara Milman, curator ; Held Jjr ; Johnson R ; Roth D ; Kocman JH ; Ulrichs T., 1995
Estra Milman assisted in producing the catalogue and exhibition. This book reproduces a section of Friedman's diary of rubber stampings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Stamp Images (Belyeg Kepek) / Judit Gesko, curator ; Perneczky G ; Galantai G ; Friedman K ; Crozier R ; Tot E ; Frank P ; Pittore-Eurofico C ; Banana A ; Baroni V ; Petasz P ; Cole D ; Watts R ; Strada G ; Szombathy B ; Tisma A ; Todorovic M ; Rocola ; Schnyder A ; Olbrich JO ; Luis ; Held Jjr., 1987
The material in this exhibition was borrowed from the Artpool Archive. Geza Perneczky contributed an introduction. The Sackner Archive is listed in the reference section of overseas institutions "that deal with the archivation of Mail Art material." The cover of one copy is rubberstamped with the name and address of Geza Perneczky, the other is not. It is filed under its English title, "Stamp Images." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
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