Everything about George Brecht totally explained
George Brecht (born
George MacDiarmid,
Halfway, Oregon,
United States 1924) is a
minimalist artist and
composer (although not in the conventional sense) and a professional
chemist who has worked as
consultant for such companies as
Pfizer,
Johnson & Johnson, and
Mobil Oil to support his
art. He was an early
Fluxus artist. His
nom de guerre is an homage to
Bertolt Brecht.
Brecht studied at
John Cage's
New School for Social Research in 1958 and
1959. He also wrote about
Fluxus in The Fluxus Newspaper.
Hannah Higgins, daughter of
Dick Higgins and
Alison Knowles, mentions and quotes Brecht several times in her landmark book about Fluxus, "The Fluxus Experience" (2002). Notable contributions to
Fluxus from George Brecht include "Word Events", and "
Fluxkits". Brecht was associated with the Fluxus artists of the 1960s including,
Daniel Spoerri,
Dick Higgins, and others. He taught at
Rutgers University and took part in many of the
Fluxus and
Happenings activities there, including
Yam Festival. He worked with artists such as
John Cage,
Ray Johnson,
Ken Friedman,
Alison Knowles and
Robert Filliou. One of his most cited works is 'Water Yam' (1959-66) - a collection of cards bearing instructions for performance/events (
Event Scores) including the creation of objects or tableaux. He lives in
Cologne. 2006
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