Date Span: | 1959-2003 |
Creator: | Fluxus West |
Extent: | 45.00 linear feet. |
Collection Number: | MSC0763 |
Repository: | University of Iowa Special Collections |
Summary: | Organization representing the work of the Fluxus group and its members in the Western United States. Original artworks and relics by Fluxus West members. |
Alternate Extent Statement: Photographs in Box 1 and map case drawer. Series 6, 7, and 8 are stored at the off-site storage facility.
Access: This collection is open for research.
Use: Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
Acquisition: These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries by Ken Friedman.
Preferred Citation: Fluxus West Collection, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.
Repository: | University of Iowa Special Collections |
Address: | Special Collections Department University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242 |
Phone: | 319-335-5921 |
Curator: | Greg Prickman |
Email: | lib-spec@uiowa.edu |
Website: | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc |
According to its founder Ken Friedman, "Fluxus West was established in 1966 to represent the work of the Fluxus group and its members in the Western United States and to promote and care for a wide variety of concerns in contemporary art which at the time represented highly experimental viewpoints in the art world represented by what was then an extremely small group of artists such as George Maciunas, Dick Higgins, Joseph Beuys, Christo, George Brecht, Bob Watts, et. al." The majority of the Fluxus West Collection was originally stored at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla, California, and later transferred to The University of Iowa Libraries. Several works from this collection were also shown in the travelling exhibition, Fluxus: A Conceptual Country.
Browse by Series:
Series 1: 2-D WORKS
Series 2: POSTERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, EPHEMERA
Series 3: 3-D WORKS
Series 4: OVERSIZE 2-D WORKS
Series 5: OVERSIZE POSTERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, EPHEMERA
Series 6: OVERSIZE 3-D WORKS
Series 7: 2-D WORKS: MAP CASE DRAWER
Series 8: 3-D WORKS IN BOX
This collection is indexed under the following subject terms.