On Allan Kaprow: November 8

Allan Kaprow: Art & Life
Thursday, November 8th, 6pm
The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street


American artist Allan Kaprow is credited with inventing the term “happenings” to describe performance art pieces that involved public participation. This unique program, will further explore Kaprow’s innovative artistic practices and legacy. The evening will include original film and video and a discussion with artist Paul McCarthy, art historian Irving Sandler, and Stephanie Rosenthal, the Haus der Kunst curator who recently organized the historic reconstruction of 18 Happenings in 6 Parts as part of a major Kaprow retrospective that will be also be featured during PERFORMA07. Additional panelists to be announced. See Performa calendar for details of the re-doing of 18 Happenings in 6 Parts.

$15 , $12 , $10

http://07.performa-arts.org/calendar.php?id=6