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Claes Oldenburg
False Food Selection, 1965
890164
As part of the larger archive originally collected by Jean Brown at the Shaker Seed House in Tyringham, Massachusetts, this is an important assemblage of works by artists involved in the Fluxus movement and in other explorations of the conceptual arts, such as mail art, concrete poetry, and happenings. The works reflect these movements as they spanned the decades of the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s and include objects, constructions, assemblages, or other expressions, often small-scale and ephemeral, some made simply as accompaniments or memorials of performances and related artistic events. Many are unique pieces created especially for Brown, bearing witness to her strong appreciation and support for the artists and their work.
Among the artists whose works are included are Ay-O, Joseph Beuys, George Brecht, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Amelia Etlinger, Robert Filliou, Ken Friedman, Per Kirkeby, Milan Knizak, John Lennon, George Maciunas, Maurizio Nannucci, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Man Ray, Steve Random, Dieter Roth, Takako Saito, Mieko Shiomi, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, and Robert Watts. Also represented are presses such as Coach House, Coracle, and Edition Hundertmark, as well as groups like Interdada Group San Francisco and Fluxus.
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