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notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.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:
Bio/Bibliography / Higgins, Dick., 1991
This is the second edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Something Else Press: An Annotated Bibliography / Frank, Peter ; Higgins D ; Johnson R ; Hansen A ; Knowles A ; Filliou R ; Williams E ; Brecht G ; Gomringer E ; Roth D ; Cage J ; Robson E ; Finlay IH ; Porter B ; MacLow J ; Finch P ; Giorno J ; Gysin B ; Antin D., 1983
There were 500 hard back cover copies and 750 sof back covers printed. Frank mentions that Dick Higgins destroyed most of the copies of the American run of Peter Finch's " Typewriter Poems" because he had not been informed that the anthology was entirely British. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.