The Digital Salon family of web sites has been consolidated into a single site, here at http://www.DigitalSalon.com The old Digitalsalon.com site is now retired, and my own work now resides on sub-pages of the Digital Salon Fluxus Blog. I hope that you take the time to click through the menu links. Thanks! Allan Revich, M.Ed….
Category: Artists
La Monte Young: His Life and Influence
Artist and musician, La Monte Young, has been to avant garde music what Ray Johnson was to Mail Art. He was influenced by John Cage, but went on to create his own highly influential oeuvre. When he wrote Trio for Strings, he was still a starving artist eating mustard sandwiches to survive. According to Young [he] “bought…
Picasso Gaglione: The Art of the Flux Box @mobius
Thu Jun 04, 2015 – Mon Jun 08, 2015 Fluxus artist Picasso Gaglione will present an exhibition of his flux box sets which he is generously donating for sale to benefit mobius. Each box comprises all aspects of his artwork: rubber stamps, artist stamps, book design, communication and construction but are never formulaic or repetitious….
Fluxus Pixie Powder
Get it while you can! Cures all pschogenic illnesses. Even cyanosmurfism!
Ay-O: Over the Rainbow Once More
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Ay-O: Over the Rainbow Once More 4 February–6 May 2012 Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku Tokyo 135-0022 Japan www.mot-art-museum.jp Ay-O, “My 192 Friends,” 2011. Ay-O: Over the Rainbow Once More Discover the vibrant world of Ay-O through this retrospective of his work, covering…
FLUXUS MANIFESTO FOR THE 21st CENTURY
FLUXUS MANIFESTO FOR THE 21st CENTURY Allan Revich, March 21, 2011 Once again a subset of The Fluxus Establishment (as if there could be such a thing as a Fluxus establishment!) have got their knickers in knots about the idea of new artists calling themselves Fluxus and/or calling their activities Fluxus. This has happened before….
Who is a Fluxus Artist?
Fluxfest New York 2011 is coming soon to New York City. April 11 through April 17, 2011. Some venues have been secured, some are being negotiated, and one appears to have backed out. It’s hard for me to understand why a venue that has a strong history of supporting Fluxus would withdraw support from a…
15 Artistic Influences
As the result of a Facebook Challenge… 15 “artists” that had some influence upon me: per Jen Bradford‘s Rules – Monday, September 13, 2010 at 11:36am] The Rules: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen Artists who’ve influenced you and that will ALWAYS STICK WITH YOU. List the first fifteen you can recall…
Reed Altemus and Frank Turek in Portland, Maine
Gamesmanship: New Works by Reed Altemus & Frank Turek Saturday, 18 September 2010 at 17:00 Front Room Gallery As active as the Portland art scene is, rare is the appearance of ‘new media’. Any Portland artist straying from the Painting-Sculpture- Photography trinity will usually get attention simply for doing something ‘different’. Two Portland artists, Reed…
Two Questions from Mark Bloch
My friend and colleague, Mark Bloch, has posited two very interesting questions, which I am reposting here. Answers are more than welcome, and can be posted here in the Fluxus Blog “comments” field, or sent directly to Mark. I am seeking comments on these two ideas: 1) When Alison Knowles spoke at CUNY earlier this…
Ben Patterson Quote
I was recently made aware of a statement made by Fluxus artist, Ben Patterson, about the state of Fluxus post-Maciunas. As most readers of the Fluxus Blog are aware, a debate continues to swirl in various Fluxus forums and communities about the status of Fluxus after the death of George Maciunas. I do believe that…
Fluxus Gallerist Harry Stendhal: From Fame to Infamy
In a lawsuit filed on behalf of well know Fluxus artist, Jonas Mekas, and designer Paula Scher, Harry Stendhal, proprietor the Stendhal Gallery in New York’s Chelsea district, is alleged to have misappropriated money and artwork. Mekas and Scher charge that Harry Stendhal sold their pieces without giving them their cut and is holding millions…