Allan Kaprow: POSE Reinvented

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Allan Kaprow: Art as Life
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This large-scale retrospective, which was on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles from March 23 through June 30, 2008, presented a selection of works spanning over five decades by the renowned postwar American artist and teacher Allan Kaprow (1927–2006).

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Happenings
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“What is a Happening? A game, an adventure, a number of activities engaged in by participants for the sake of playing.” –Allan Kaprow Happenings, a term coined by Allan Kaprow in the late 1950s, define an art form in which an action is extracted from the environment, replacing the traditional art object with a performative gesture rooted in the movements of everyday life.

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Reinvented Happenings
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In conjunction with the Allan Kaprow: Art as Life exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 29 Southern California art schools, academic institutions, arts organizations, museums, and artist-run spaces participated in the reinvention of a diverse selection of Kaprow’s Happenings. View the photo and video documentation of these reinvented happenings at www.moca.org/kaprow.

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A History of Polaroid
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Polaroid film was invented in 1929 by Edwin Land. In 2008, Polaroid announced that it would cease manufacturing its instant film products. For everything you ever wanted to know about Polaroid, including a timeline of Polaroid's history and why you should help save it, visit www.savepolaroid.com.

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Product Placement
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Has your Polaroid film been discontinued? Find out here.

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Happenings Are Happening Again
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Jori Finkel's New York Times feature article about the reinvented happenings that took place throughout Southern California in the Spring of 2008.

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The Blurring of Art and Life
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From the UC Press: "Allan Kaprow's 'happenings' and 'environments' were the precursors to contemporary performance art, and his essays are some of the most thoughtful, provocative, and influential of his generation."

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Allan Kaprow: GIVEAWAY Reinvented
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Channels: Contemporary ArtPerformance Art
Artists: Allan Kaprow
Themes: ObjectsPlace

In conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles' 2008 exhibition Allan Kaprow-Art as Life, MCASD worked with a group of local students and young artists to present the reinvention of two 1969 Kaprow Happenings -- Pose and Giveaway -- throughout downtown San Diego in May 2008. For POSE, the premise was simple: "Place a chair. Sit in it. Take a picture. Leave the picture."

Video by Nathan Gulick. Music by Brael.

Why do these people make the art they do?

The reason why the people make the art they do in this video is for the fun and excitement that is involved in doing it! By "fun and excitement" I mean, pure joy that comes from doing what you love. It is obvious these artists love what they are doing.
They love the innovation of the chair pose. The artist use all different kinds of chairs as their media. Wooden chairs, beach chairs, stools, wicker chairs, plastic chairs and many others!
The artist make the art they do for pure excitement! If someone finds something they love to do, then they should stick to it! For example, when the police came and kind of interrupted what they were doing, they still continued and even convinced the police to join in! There excitement is shown when the invite other people from off the streets to pose in their photos. Excitement is also shown when the artist decide to leave their photos on the ground for other passer-byers to see!

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Submitted by Tylor Augustus on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 00:19.

I've seen your work at the childrens museum in San Diego. It's so imaginative and stimulates wonderment.

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Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 17:12.

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