Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998
Dates
- Existence: 1938 March 15 - 1998 October 25
Biography
Dick Higgins was born in Cambridge, England in 1939 and died in Quebec in 1998. He was a Fluxus artist who studied with John Cage and Henry Cowell (1958-1959), and co-founded Happenings in 1958. He is credited with coining the phrase intermedia to describe his particular approach to artmaking that included (but is not limited to) his visual, musical and literary efforts. He was a theorist, poet, composer, performance artist, printmaker, filmaker, and book publisher. Most notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.
Nationality
American
Found in 211 Collections and/or Records:
Umbrella. No.2/Dec / Judith Hoffberg, editor ; Lissitzky E ; Stepanova V ; Tufte E ; Higgins D ; Johnson R ; Held Jjr ; Laxson R ; Tilson Ja ; d'Arbeloff N ; Porter B ; Goldstein G ; Cole D., 1991
Under the Influence of Fluxus / Wayne Baerwaldt, curator ; Francis Van Maele, curator ; Martin H ; Higgins D ; Hendricks G ; Williams E ; Brecht G ; Knowles A ; Knizak M ; Chiari G ; Dupuy J ; Friedman K ; MacLow J ; Morris M ; Patterson B ; Ben ; Watts B ; Serge III ; Spoerri D ; Conz F ; Andersen E ; Corner P ; Jones J ; Paik NJ., 1991
This exhibition of silkscreen, cloth multiples published by Francisco Conz was curated by Wayne Baerwaldt. It demonstrated several Fluxus conceptions: sharing ideas between artists, a publisher and the public; capturing the ephemeral in Fluxus productions; exposing the ideas of original works which would otherwise remain hidden in private collections. The silkscreen print editions on cloth offer the viewer the opportunity to investigate the contentious nature of Fluxus oriented art. "The editions of large-scale drawings, texts, musical scores, collages, and appropriated images are retouched, or redrawn directly on the silk-screens by the artists, reinforcing what we already know about intermedia, the myriad combinations of literary prose and/or concrete poetry; music and/or sound; theatre and/or performance." The Sackner Archive holds several cloth works by fluxus artists, Lettrists, and concrete poets published by Conz. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Une Generation 1960-1985 / Donguy, Jacques ; DeCampos H ; Higgins D ; Kolar J ; Sarenco ; Miccini E ; Balestrini N ; Blaine J ; Heidsieck B ; Bory JF ; Giorno J ; Wendt L., 1985
Consists of critical essays with photographic reproductions of several poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Untitled] / Higgins, Dick., 1973
[Untitled] / Left Hand Books ; Doria C ; Higgins D ; Knowles A., 1992
Video / Martel, Richard, editor ; Spatola A ; Higgins D ; Blaine J ; McCaffery S ; Dutton P ; Sarenco ; Arias-Misson A ; Corner P ; Minarelli E ; Olbrich JO ; Hainke W ; Aguiar F ; Ferrando B ; Szombathy B ; Nieslony B ; Partum A ; Fontana G ; Petocz A ; Nagy P., 1992
Visible Language: The Luminous Object: Video Art/Video Theory. No.2/Jul / Hans Breder, Herman Rapaport, editors ; Zurbrugg N ; Paik NJ ; Kuspit D ; Kostelanetz R ; Maciunas G ; Beuys J ; Higgins D ; Brecht G ; Ben ; Cage J ; Wilson R ; Vostell W ; Viola B ; Sherk B ; McLuhan M., 1995
Nam June Paik in his interview with Nicholas Zurbrugg points out differences between the academic and creative people in video art. The layout in this issue is highly experimental with a concrete poetic sensibility. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Vostell. Rare publications and documents 1961 - 77 - update May 2009 / Art Base ; Vostell W ; Higgins D ; Ligeti G ; Paik NJ ; Voss J ; Mon F ; Kaprow A., 2009
Wiesbaden Fluxus 1962-1982 / Rene Block, curator ; Williams E ; Vostell W ; Cage J ; Higgins D ; Maciunas G ; Patterson B ; Paik NJ ; Knowles A ; Schmit T ; Klintberg B ; Beuys J ; Page R ; Schippers J ; deRidder W ; Ben ; MacLow J ; Shiomi M ; Brecht G ; Filliou R ; Kopcke A ; Andersen E ; Moorman C ; Young L ; Ruhm G ; Gosewitz L ; Kosugi T ; Knizak M ; Schneemann C ; Iannone D ; Broodthaers M ; Hansen A ; Chiari G ; Jones J ; Ay-O ; Friedman K ; Kaprow A ; Corner P ; Hendricks G ; Kirkeby P ; Spoerri D ; Watts B., 1983
This catalogue consists mostly of a large number of photographs documenting Fluxus performances in Wiesbaden, West Germany. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.