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notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.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 2 Collections and/or Records:
Art A to Z Part One, 1977
For this book, each artist was asked to contribute one page of autobiography and one page about anything beginning with the same initial letter as his surname. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Interaction / Christel Schuppenhauer, editor; RG Dienst; W Gaul; W Hainke; D Higgins; A Klophaus; J Kolar; H Lohr; J Mau; JO Olbrich; J Ox; I Prokot; G Ruhm; I Sacharow-Ross; SJ Schmidt; F Schoening; A Topalski; K Trinkewitz; T Ulrichs; Ben; E Williams., 1990
This work was published to commemerate the 10th anniversary of the gallery in October 1990 and included works from the artists who had been exhibited there. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.