ALAN KAPROW AND CLAES OLDENBURG

This new interpretation of the structure and meaning of the Happenings produced by Allan Kaprow and Claes Oldenburg in the late 1950 s and 1960s sheds light on the context, theoretical framework, and working practice unique to this groundbreaking artistic form. Dra wing on extensive archival research and including never-before-published drawings by Oldenburg, Robert E. Haywood describes the dial ogue - at times contentious - between these two artists about the direction of the Happenings and modern art in general. This new interpretat...[Read more]