Fluxus
US-American, 20th century
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| George Brecht | |
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Born 1926 in New York City Fluxus US-American, 20th century |
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| Curriculum Vitae | |
| 1946 – 1950 | Study of Pharmacy and Science at Philadelphia College |
| 1950 – 1965 | Works as a chemical engineer (various patents) |
| 1958 – 1959 | Study of Social Research (John Cage) at New York School, New York |
| 1959 | First Exhibition: Towards Events, Reuben Gallery, New York |
| 1962 – 1963 | Takes part at Fluxus International Festival in New York |
| 1963 | Organizes the YAM-Festival with Robert Watts |
| 1968 – 1969 | Professor at College of Art in Leeds (England) |
| 1972 | Moves to Cologne, where he continues to live and work |
| 1973 | Exhibition: EL SOURDOG HEX, Onnasch Gallery, New York |
| 1976 | Begins working on a new phase of his event research – a new chapter of The Book of the Tumbler on Fire |
| 1979 | Participates in European Dialogue: The 3rd Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1982 | FluxusWiesbaden 1962 bis 1982, Museum Wiesbaden |
| 1985 | Pages from the Book of the Tumbler on Fire, Galerie BAMA, Paris |
| 1988 | Group exhibitions among others: Übrigens sterben immer die anderen - Marcel Duchamp und die Avantgarde seit 1950, Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
| 1991 | Hermann Braun und Dieter Daniels work with Walther König to publish Brecht's early notebooks |
| 1992 – 1999 | Group exhibitions, among others: Rolywholyover: A Circus – John Cage, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art |
| 2001 – 2002 | Group exhibitions, among others: Les Années Pop, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Onnasch: Aspects of Contemporary Art, MACBA Barcelona |
| 2004 | George Brecht, Works from 1959-1973, Gagosian Gallery, London |
| 2005 / 2006 | George Brecht – Events. Eine Heterospektive, Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
| Biography | Detailed version, by Julia Robinson |