1927
Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (died 2006)
Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (died 2006)
Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (died 2006)
Allan Kaprow
American performance artist, installation artist, painter (1927–2006)
- Born
- 1927
Allan Kaprow was an American performance artist, installation artist, painter, and assemblagist. He helped to develop the "Environment" and "Happening" in the late 1950s and 1960s, as well as their theory. His Happenings — some 200 of them — evolved over the years. Eventually Kaprow shifted his practice into what he called "Activities", intimately scaled pieces for one or several players, devoted to the study of normal human activity in a way congruent to ordinary life. Fluxus, performance art, and installation art were, in turn, influenced by his work.