Fluxus - Furukusasu (English spelling) Fluxus

Japanese: フルクサス - ふるくさす(英語表記)Fluxus
Fluxus - Furukusasu (English spelling) Fluxus

Fluxus was an expressive movement that developed in New York in the 1960s. It was named by George Maciunas (1931-1978) in 1961. The word Fluxus means flow, constant change, and the release of excrement. As the name suggests, the members and activities were fluid, and by the early 1970s artists from around the world, such as La Monte Young, Yoko Ono, Joseph Beuys, and Nam June Paik, were involved in various genre-transcending expressions such as events, concerts, and publications. Fluxus' activities had a strong aspect of disrupting the existing concept of art as something lofty and irreplaceable, such as attempting to deny the privileged originality of artists and introducing practical jokes into expression. In this sense, Fluxus is linked to art world movements that occurred in the same era, such as Neo-Dada and Happenings. In particular, a series of works based on ideas provided by artists, in which boxes were packed with small, meaningless objects and sold at low prices by mail order, are an example that shows the nature of this movement. The wide-ranging activities of this movement influenced conceptual art and performance art even after the movement came to an end.

[Kuraya Mika]

[References] | Yoko Ono | Conceptual art | Nam June Paik | Neo Dada | Performance | Happenings | Voice | Young

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Japanese:

1960年代を中心にニューヨークで展開された表現運動。1961年、ジョージ・マチューナスGeorge Maciunas(1931―1978)によって命名された。フルクサスということばは、流れ、不断の変化、排泄(はいせつ)物の放出などの意味をもつ。その名のとおりメンバーも活動も流動的で、1970年代初頭までに、ラ・モンテ・ヤング、小野洋子(オノ・ヨーコ)、ヨーゼフ・ボイス、ナム・ジュン・パイクといった各国のアーティストが入れかわりながらかかわりをもち、イベント、コンサート、出版など、ジャンルを超えたさまざまな表現を行った。芸術家の特権的な独創性を否定しようと試みたり、表現のうちに悪ふざけをもち込んだりと、その活動は、高尚かつかけがえのないもの、という既存の芸術概念を攪乱(かくらん)する側面を強くもった。この意味でフルクサスは、同時代におこったネオ・ダダやハプニングといった美術界の動きに連動するものである。とくに、アーティストが提供したアイデアに基づき、意味や価値をもたないささやかなものを箱に詰め合わせ、廉価に通信販売した一連の作品は、この運動の性質を示す一例であろう。幅広いその活動は、運動終息後もコンセプチュアル・アートやパフォーマンスに影響を与えた。

[蔵屋美香]

[参照項目] | オノ・ヨーコ | コンセプチュアル・アート | ナム・ジュン・パイク | ネオ・ダダ | パフォーマンス | ハプニング | ボイス | ヤング

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