Ideas Come from our History

The idea of an art practice which is made from the social, from people participating in social interactions, descends from the Dadaists, revolutionaries, and utopians, infusing various strands of art making in the 50's and 60's.

This work included John Cage's Black Mountain events, Alan Kaprow's happenings, Fluxus, Gutai, the Situationist International, conceptual, body and performance art, and the work of Joseph Beuys, who crowned the swell by coining the term "social sculpture".

Click through the links on The Situationists, Alan Kaprow, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Nicholas Bourriaud, Anissa Mack, Temescal Amity Work, Sara Klein and Amy Franceschini.