Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998
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notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.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 17 Collections and/or Records:
Books from Maine / Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance ; Porter B ; Beltrametti F ; Higgins D., 1981
This edition of the publication is dedicated to Bern Porter and includes a listing of books written by and illustrated by him as well as a book of photographs by S. Wells, "Bug: Bern Porter in New York," and Porter's film and video "Earum Magnus," which was directed by D. Higgins. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Catalogue Zero / Passages Book Shop ; Beltrametti F ; Friedman K ; Crumb R ; Hamady W ; Higgins D ; Roth D ; Chopin H ; Curtay JP ; DeCampos H ; Diacono M ; Kriwet F ; Ruhm G ; Antin D ; Rothenberg J ; Creeley R ; Butor M ; Finlay IH., 2015
Sharing space with Division Leap. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Collagiste / Mac Low, Jackson ; Laetitia Benat, curator ; Joris P ; Coolidge C ; Higgins D ; Antin D ; Bernstein C ; Johnson R., 2012
Early and Recent Work 1975-1990 / Woodbine, Paul ; McHugh B ; Higgins D., 1990
Early Photographs, Recent Books, Chess Sets and Concrete Poems / Hornor, Dave ; Higgins D., 2006
Includes a card by Dick Higgins (reprint?) dated 1978 entitled "Seven Stars for English Professors." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Hymns / Rillo., 1992
Liste 3/91 (Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 / Bisson-Millet, Paule-Leon ; Brecht G ; Ulrichs T ; Higgins D ; Weiner L ; Long R ; Ruscha E., 1991
No.13 / Skyline Books ; Burroughs WS ; Ginsberg A ; Gomringer E ; Higgins D ; Johnson R ; Knowles A ; MacLow J ; Vollmann W ; levy da ; McLuhan M., 1994
Offers the limited edition copy of William T. Vollman's "Convict Bird," the author's rarest item, a book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
North. No.3 / Lomholt N ; Banana A ; Groh K ; Higgins D ; Have H., 1977
This periodical is dedicated to news of Scandinavian art and artistic activities with original contributions by Scandinavian artists, interviews and informative articles on artistic theory and history of art. This issue includes reproductions of a correspondence art exhange between Niels Lomholt on the one hand and Anna Banana, Klaus Groh, and Dick Higgins on the other hand. Henrik Have contributed an obituary on Arthur Kopcke who died October 20, 1977. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Spring / Printed Matter ; Goldsmith K ; Ohtake S ; Lukac J ; Fisher J ; Higgins D ; Huebler D ; Muntadas A ; Oldenburg C ; Prince R ; Weiner L ; Wool C ; Ruscha E ; Matta-Clark G ; Ruscha E ; Graham D ; Rauschenberg R ; Bunn D., 1997
Storm Riders and Other Plays / Higgins, Dick., 1998
This book includes the scripts of eight short plays. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Contemporary Artist's Book: The Book As Art / Fish, Adrienne, curator ; Cage J ; Higgins D ; Spoerri D ; Weiner L ; Finlay IH ; Roth D ; Takahashi S ; Darboven H ; Depew W ; Jess ; Berman W ; Butler F ; Fritzius H., 1993
This is a listing of works with prices. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Paper Snake / Johnson, Ray ; Higgins D ; Fine AM ; Knowles A ; Herms G ; DiPrima D ; Stein G., 1965
In the text printed on the dust jacket by William Wilson, Ray Johnson is described as living "a life that is a continuous revelation of pure and radiant design, the image of that life is art. Since the life itself is designed of coincidences, like a walk taking a line, the aesthetic reciprocal of that life is a Ray Johnson collage. Ray Johnson is not neo-dada or abstract or extract: he is an artist representing the reality of his life; it happens that his life is a collage." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.