Friedman, Ken, 1949-
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
The stamps have the image, "Fluxus X West." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Small Drawings / Friedman, Ken ; Sackner MA ; Sackner RK ; Higgins D ; Robson E ; Thomas DM., 1982
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.
Special Edition #3 / Friedman, Ken ; levy da., 1966
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
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.
Stamps and Other Residues 1970-1979 / Kocman, J.H. ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA ; Friedman K ; Gaglione B ; Ben., 1995
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.
Steiglitz / Heart Fine Art ; Friedman K ; Ay-O ; Baxter G ; Beuys J ; Boltanski C ; Brecht G ; Broodthaers M ; Roth D ; DeCampos A ; Finlay IH ; General Idea ; Klein Y ; Luca G ; Nezval V ; Peret B ; Leiris M ; Ben ; Vostell W., 2003
The Fluxus Reader, 1998
The Museum of Drawers / Distal, Herbert, editor ; Andre C ; Duchamp M ; Fahlstrom O ; Friedman K ; Gerz J ; Giorno J ; Gomringer E ; Isgro E ; Johnson R ; Kocman JH ; Kolar J ; Kriwet F ; Phillips T ; Roth D ; Ruhm G ; Sarenco ; Tilson J ; Tot E ; Ulrichs T ; Ben., 1978
[The State University] / Friedman, Ken., 1978
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.
Tip Top / Friedman, Ken., 1974
Umbrella : Supplement to Mail Art, vol. 14, no.1 / Perneczky G ; Held Jjr ; Friedman K ; Jackman S ; Johnson R ; Baroni V., 1991
[Untitled] / Friedman, Ken., 1972
[Untitled] / Hundertmark, Armin ; Beuys J ; Chopin H ; Friedman K ; Gerz J ; Hansen A ; Gosewitz L ; Knizak M ; Knowles A ; Ruhm G ; Saito T ; Schauffelen KB ; Valoch J ; Ben ; Williams E ; Nannucci M ; Costa Cl., 1984
[Untitled] / Hundertmark, Armin ; Chopin H ; Friedman K ; Gosewitz L ; Hansen A ; Knizak M ; Knowles A ; Ruhm G ; Schauffelen KB ; Valoch J ; Tot E ; Heidsieck B ; Williams E ; Andersen E ; Corner P ; Novak L ; Sharits P ; Filliou R ; Saito T ; Gerz J ; Hansen A., 1990
[Untitled] / Hundertmark, Armin ; Chopin H ; Friedman K ; Hansen A ; Knizak M ; Knowles A ; Ruhm G ; Saito T ; Schauffelen KB ; Valoch J ; Sharits P ; Williams E., 1993
Who's Afraid of Nothing? Absent Pictures / Tot, Endre ; Friedman K., 1999
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.
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- Concrete poetry 4
- Conceptual text 3
- Alternative Traditions in the Contemporary Arts (ATCA) 2
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