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Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1938 March 15 - 1998 October 25

Biography

Dick Higgins was born in Cambridge, England in 1939 and died in Quebec in 1998. He was a Fluxus artist who studied with John Cage and Henry Cowell (1958-1959), and co-founded Happenings in 1958. He is credited with coining the phrase intermedia to describe his particular approach to artmaking that included (but is not limited to) his visual, musical and literary efforts. He was a theorist, poet, composer, performance artist, printmaker, filmaker, and book publisher. Most notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.

Nationality

American

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

An Anthology [flyer], 1963

 Item — Box 292: [Barcode: 31858072460714]
Identifier: CC-50815-71893
Scope and Contents This object is an announcement card for the publication of "An Anthology." According to 6 Decades Books: LaMonte Young devised this extraordinary pop-up multiple as a prepublication announcement for An Anthology of Chance Operations, the book he co-published with Jackson MacLow in 1963. An Anthology of Chance Operations was designed by George Maciunas and includes work by Young and Mac Low, along with George Brecht, John Cage, Terry Riley, Dick Higgins, Yoko Ono, Henry Flynt, Walter De Maria, Nam June Paik, Dieter Rot, Robert Morris, Al Hansen, and others. The publication is a compendium of the era's dada-inflected avant-garde represented by a collection of works in which traditional boundaries between music, writing, art, and theater were discarded in favor of an aesthetics based ideas, actions, and ephemerality. The book is widely regarded as the high point publication of the Fluxus movement and a founding document of contemporary art. Young created a few dozen copies of the...
Dates: 1963

An Introduction to Book of the Tumbler on Fire , 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-23789-24237
Scope and Contents

Edited by Henry Martin. "This Sentence is Weightless," a multiple held by the Sackner Archive is reproduced on page 60. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Die Fabelhafte Getraume Von Taifun Willi / Higgins, Dick ; Porter B., 1970

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Identifier: CC-31611-33110
Scope and Contents

The book includes nine photographic reproductions of collages of found images that were made by Bern Porter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Fluxflakpak / Hansen, Al ; Cage J ; Young L ; Higgins D ; Corner P ; Brecht G ; Ono Y ; Koepcke A., 1983

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Identifier: CC-30927-32382
Scope and Contents

Most of the photocopied material has transferred in part to the polyvinyl looseleaf inserts and cannot be removed without damage. This book documents the artistic biography of Hansen. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Fluxus Etc.: The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection / Jon Hendricks, curator ; Higgins D ; Knizak M ; Sharits P ; Williams E ; Ben ; Knowles A ; Brecht G ; Cage J ; Friedman K ; MacLow J ; Ay-O ; deRidder W ; Filliou R ; Williams E ; Koepcke A ; Maciunas G ; Oldenbourg S ; Ono Y ; Paik NJ ; Patterson B ; Shiomi C ; Spoerri D ; Watts R., 1981

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Identifier: CC-11588-11804
Scope and Contents

This exhibition catalogue describes the philosophy, attitudes, influences and purposes of Fluxus. It documents Fluxus editions, periodicals and bibliographic materials. Includes a chronology of Fluxus performances from 1962 to 1978. The exhibition was curated by Jon Hendricks. R.W, Smith: Massive exhibition of 683 works organized in three parts: Fluxus Editions & Related Works; Fluxus Periodicals and Documents, Related Publications and Bibliographic Material; and Fluxus Performance: Documentation of Events. Introduction by John Hendricks; A Complete History of Fluxus, Including Philosophy, Attitudes, Influences and Purposes (consisting of statements by Fluxus artists and Fluxus founder George Maciunas reproduced in facsimile); chronology of Fluxus Performance. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Fluxus Vision / Revich, Allan ; Maciunas G ; Higgins D ; Cage J., 2007

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Identifier: CC-55552-9999183
Scope and Contents

Revich contributes a simple "elevator" description of Fluxus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Happening & Fluxus / Hans Sohm, curator ; Harald Szeemann, curator ; Higgins D ; Williams E ; Paik NJ ; Lebel JJ ; Spoerri D ; Beuys J ; Brecht G ; Sohm H ; Knowles A ; Ono Y ; Filliou R ; Saito T ; Maciunas G ; Hansen A ; Kaprow A ; Klintberg B ; Schneemann C ; Shiomi C ; Ben ; Watts R ; Vostell W., 1970

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Identifier: CC-09816-10010
Scope and Contents

This exhibition was co-curated by Hans Sohm and consisted of material from his Archive. It included a chronology of Fluxus performances. Haralld Szeeman (1933-2005) was a Swiss curator and art historian whose Archive and Library was acquired by the Getty Research Institute in 2011. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Interaction / Christel Schuppenhauer, editor; RG Dienst; W Gaul; W Hainke; D Higgins; A Klophaus; J Kolar; H Lohr; J Mau; JO Olbrich; J Ox; I Prokot; G Ruhm; I Sacharow-Ross; SJ Schmidt; F Schoening; A Topalski; K Trinkewitz; T Ulrichs; Ben; E Williams., 1990

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Identifier: CC-02130-2168
Scope and Contents

This work was published to commemerate the 10th anniversary of the gallery in October 1990 and included works from the artists who had been exhibited there. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990