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notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.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:
Catalogue Zero / Passages Book Shop ; Beltrametti F ; Friedman K ; Crumb R ; Hamady W ; Higgins D ; Roth D ; Chopin H ; Curtay JP ; DeCampos H ; Diacono M ; Kriwet F ; Ruhm G ; Antin D ; Rothenberg J ; Creeley R ; Butor M ; Finlay IH., 2015
Sharing space with Division Leap. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Radical Graphics/Graphic Radicals / Harper, Laurel ; McCoy K ; Licko Z ; VanderLans R ; Brody N ; Fella E ; Kalman T ; Scher P ; Carson D ; Makela S ; Maciunas G ; Higgins D ; Ben ; Knizak M ; Cage J ; Glaser M ; Schwitters K ; Lissitzky E ; Ginsberg A ; Neshat S., 1999
The profusely illustrated book consists of biographical essays and examples of work by the graphic designers selected by the author. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.