ISBN10: 0810909200, ISBN13: 9780810909205, [publisher: Abrams, New York] Hardcover FLUXUS CODEX, by Jon Hendricks, with an introduction by Robert Pincus-Witten. NEW YORK: Harry N. Abrams, second printing, 1995. Hardcover book in dustjacket, 9.5x11.5 inches (24.5x29 cm), 616 pages. Condition: FINE book, sharp cornered, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked; in a VERY GOOD dustjacket that has some shelf rubs and signs of handling. A solid, very presentable copy. About FLUXUS (from Wikipedia): ******Fluxus was an international, interdisciplinary community of artists, composers, designers and poets during the 1960s and 1970s who engaged in experimental art performances which emphasized the artistic process over the finished product. These art forms include intermedia, a term coined by Fluxus artist Dick Higgins; conceptual art, first developed by Henry Flynt, an artist contentiously associated with Fluxus; and video art, first pioneered by Nam June Paik and Wolf Vostell. Dutch art critic Harry Ruhé describes Fluxus as the most radical and experimental art movement of the sixties. The ideas and practices of composer John Cage heavily influenced Fluxus. Especially his notions that one should embark on an artwork without a conception of its end, and his understanding of the work as a site of interaction between artist and audience. Another notable influence were the readymades of Marcel Duchamp. George Maciunas, largely considered to be the founder of this fluid ...
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