FLUXLIST: Thin Pop, Thick Pop, Thoughtful Pop

2000-04-20 Thread Ken Friedman
Pop Art was never as simple or unified a phenomenon as it sometimes seems. There were at least four traditions of Pop Art. One was British, one was American, one was German, and one was international. Each had its virtues and its drawbacks. American Pop is often seen as a reaction to Abstract

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2000-04-20 Thread Reed Altemus
Ken Thanks for this exegesis on Pop Fluxus. Sad to hear how others exploited experimental artists. I heard this also happens in mail art, but that's another story altogether. RA Ken Friedman wrote: Pop Art was never as simple or unified a phenomenon as it sometimes seems. There were at

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2000-04-20 Thread Terrence J Kosick
Ken Friedman wrote: Fluxus had its problems, too. One of greatest Fluxus virtues was also its worst problem: a rigorous, almost scientific program of inventing ways to approach art. These explorations were part of a broad intellectual project on which many contemporary art movements and

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2000-04-20 Thread Ryan Pescatore Frisk
Mr. Friedman: my name is ryan pescatore frisk. i am a designer and will be attending graduate school at cranbrrok art academy this fall i'm sorry to bother you, i was just wondering what exactly you taught. your subject/area of

Re: FLUXLIST: Thin Pop, Thick Pop, Thoughtful Pop

2000-04-20 Thread Ryan Pescatore Frisk
Mr. Friedman: my name is ryan pescatore frisk. i am a designer and will be attending graduate school at cranbrrok art academy this fall i'm sorry to bother you, i was just wondering what exactly you taught. your subject/area of