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Friedman, Ken, 1949-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1949 September 19

Biography

Ken Friedman was born on September 19, 1949 in New London, Connecticut. He matriculated at Shimer College in Mount Carroll, Illinois from 1966-1967. He received his Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at San Francisco State University in 1971. In 1976 he received his doctorate from United States International University. He has been an important figure in the Fluxus movement, an internanationl laboratory for experimental art, architecture, design, literature, and music. He has been involved in the mail art movement. He has written extensively on these movements. From 1994-2009 Friedmans served on the faculty at the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo as well as at the Design Research Center at the Danish School of Design in Copenhagen from 2003-2009. In October 2007 he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Design at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Annotation by Marvin and Ruth Sackner

Nationality

American

Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

Rubber Stamps / Friedman, Ken., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12909-13201
Scope and Contents

The stamps have the image, "Fluxus X West." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Small Drawings / Friedman, Ken ; Sackner MA ; Sackner RK ; Higgins D ; Robson E ; Thomas DM., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-11652-11869
Scope and Contents

Press release (loose sheet) mentions that Friedman's work is held by the Sackners. The drawings were made for Higgins' "The Epickall Quest of the Brothers Dichtung and other Outrages." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Stamp Images (Belyeg Kepek) / Judit Gesko, curator ; Perneczky G ; Galantai G ; Friedman K ; Crozier R ; Tot E ; Frank P ; Pittore-Eurofico C ; Banana A ; Baroni V ; Petasz P ; Cole D ; Watts R ; Strada G ; Szombathy B ; Tisma A ; Todorovic M ; Rocola ; Schnyder A ; Olbrich JO ; Luis ; Held Jjr., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-03082-3129
Scope and Contents

The material in this exhibition was borrowed from the Artpool Archive. Geza Perneczky contributed an introduction. The Sackner Archive is listed in the reference section of overseas institutions "that deal with the archivation of Mail Art material." The cover of one copy is rubberstamped with the name and address of Geza Perneczky, the other is not. It is filed under its English title, "Stamp Images." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Stamps and Other Residues 1970-1979 / Kocman, J.H. ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA ; Friedman K ; Gaglione B ; Ben., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-08170-8331
Scope and Contents

In the introduction, Gaglione mentions that Ben was the first to introduce rubberstampings into modern art in the late 50's and early 60's but that Kocman should be considered the "neo-father" of contemporary stamp art as demonstrated by his 1972 book "Stamp Activity." With this publication (30 copies), the concept of international stamp art was officially born into the eternal network. The rubberstamp collaged onto the cover carries the word, "touch." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

[The State University] / Friedman, Ken., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-13051-13343
Scope and Contents

This drawing appeared as an illustration (page 42) in "The Epickall quest of the Brothers Dichtung and Other Outrages" by Dick Higgins, a book published by Printed Editions, New York. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Who's Afraid of Nothing? Absent Pictures / Tot, Endre ; Friedman K., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-49961-71020
Scope and Contents

For the most part of this exhibition catalogue, Tot's works consist of pictures with their frames by other artists in museums with the same dimensions except in Tot's pictures the images are blank or a solid color. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 54
Collection 3
 
Subject
Fluxus 35
Documentation 12
Correspondence art 7
Critical text 7
Conceptual art 5