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George Brecht
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Born 1926 in New York City
Fluxus
US-American, 20th/21st century
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| 1946 – 1950 |
Bachelor of Science (Chemistry), Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science |
| 1950 – 1951 |
George Brecht completes final part of B.Sc. degree in Mexico, Studies art;
his interests quickly shift from realist modes to abstraction
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| 1958 – 1959 |
Study of Social Research (John Cage) at New School for Social Research, New York |
| 1959 |
First solo exhibition, Reuben Gallery: Towards Events, An Arrangement, New York |
| 1961 |
Group exhibitions: Stedelijk Museum: Bewogen Bewegin (Art in Motion), Amsterdam;
Martha Jackson Gallery: Spaces, New York
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| 1962 |
Organizes the YAM-Festival with Robert Watts;
First festivals identified as Fluxus begin: Museum Wiesbaden: Fluxus Internationale Festspiele, Neuster Musik, 14 concerts in the Hörsaal, Wiesbaden;
Centre de Musique: Festum Fluxorum, Paris
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| 1964 |
Group exhibitons: Wadsworth Athenaeum: Black, White and Gray, Hartford;
University of London: A Little Festival of New Music, London;
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| 1965 |
Fischbach Gallery: The Book of the Tumbler on Fire: Pages from Chapter 1, New York |
| 1968 – 1969 |
Professor at College of Art in Leeds (England) |
| Since 1972 |
George Brecht moves to Cologne, where he continues to live and work |
| 1973 |
Michael Werner Galerie: Chair Event, Köln; Onnasch Gallery:EL SOURDOG HEX,, New York |
| 1976 |
George Brecht begins working on a new phase of his event research - a new chapter of The Book of the Tumbler on Fire - the Crystal Boxes |
| 1979 |
Group exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales: European Dialogue: The 3rd Biennale of Sydney |
| 1982 |
Museum Wiesbaden: FluxusWiesbaden 1962 - 1982, Wiesbaden |
| 1985 |
Galerie BAMA: Pages from the Book of the Tumbler on Fire, Paris |
| 1988 |
Group exhibition, Museum Ludwig: Übrigens sterben immer die anderen - Marcel Duchamp und die Avantgarde seit 1950, Cologne |
| 1991 |
Hermann Braun und Dieter Daniels work with Walther König to publish Brecht's early notebooks |
| 1992 – 1999 |
Group exhibitions: Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art Rolywholyover: A Circus - John Cage, Los Angeles |
| 2001 – 2002 |
Group exhibitions: Centre Georges Pompidou: Les Années Pop, Paris;
MACBA Barcelona: Onnasch: Aspects of Contemporary Art, Barcelona
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| 2004 |
Gagosian Gallery: George Brecht, Works from 1959-1973, London |
| 2005 – 2006 |
Group exhibitions: Museum Ludwig: George Brecht - Events - Eine Heterospektive, Cologne;
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo: Fluxus in Deutschland 1962-1994, Santiago de Chile
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| 2006 – 2008 |
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien: Konzept. Aktion. Sprache, Wien;
Kunsthalle Basel: Word Event, Basel |
| 2007 |
EL SOURDOG HEX: Geroge Brecht, EL SOURDOG HEX (sculptures, drawings and statements, 1959-1973), Berlin |
| 2008 – 2009 |
Gruppenausstellungen: Nationalgalerie Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart: Kult des Künstlers: Ich kann mir nicht jeden Tag ein Ohr abschneiden, Berlin
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| 2009 |
Neues Museum Nürnberg: Who killed the painting? Nürnberg;
Nam Junr Paik Art Center: The First Stop on the Super Highway, Yongin-Si
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| Biography |
Detailed version, by Julia Robinson
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