The creation of the Foundation
for Contemporary Performance Arts in 1963 was the work of several key individuals, among them Jasper Johns, who remained the Foundation's board chairman and president until 2015 and continues to serve on its board, and Lewis Lloyd, who served on the board until 1965.
At once radical, controversial and revered, Marina Abramovic is the progenitor of
contemporary performance art At once radical, controversial and revered, Marina Abramovic is one of the most discussed artists today.
About: In 1963 Jasper Johns and John Cage established the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts based on the belief that visual artists — painters and sculptors — were sufficiently concerned about the state of the performance arts — dance, theatre and music — enough so to donate artwork to benefit performing artists.
Western Union telegram announcing formation of the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts, 1962.
The group met regularly to share ideas, and in 1963 they formed the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts.
He has received numerous accolades, including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, awards from the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, an American Choreographer Award, and a New York Dance and Performance «Bessie» Award.
«25th Anniversary Exhibition for the Benefit of the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc.,» Leo Castelli, New York, NY and Brooke Alexander, NewYork, NY (12/8/88 - 12/30/88)
Philip Guston (American, 1913 - 1980) Remains, 1979 - 80, from Eight Lithographs to Benefit the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc., 1981, proof outside of the edition of 50, published More...
Drawings, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY, Benefit for the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Art, New York, NY
The Allan Stone Gallery, New York, Exhibition for the Benefit of the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts, Feb. 25 — March 2.
Jones draws a relationship between «body art» and
contemporary performance art.
Drawings: 30th Anniversary Exhibition to Benefit the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts, Castelli Gallery, New York.
Yves Klein (1928 - 62) Pioneer of
contemporary performance art, patented the colour International Klein Blue (IKB) and founded Anthropometry painting.
Matthew Marks Gallery is pleased to announce Drawings & Photographs, an exhibition of works by over 250 artists to benefit the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts.
The Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts was established in a spirit of artistic community through the efforts of Jasper Johns and John Cage.
In 1963, Johns and Cage founded Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts, now known as Foundation for Contemporary Arts in New York City.
The poster girl of
contemporary performance art, Chetwynd has made shambolic, pop - culture - referencing live art officially «a thing».
Coco Fusco discusses her recent work and trends in
contemporary performance art.
He is a recipient of awards from the Fulbright Foundation, Andrea Frank Foundation, Foundations for
Contemporary Performance Art, and U.S. Mexico Fund for Culture.
In spring 1963, Johns helped start the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts, then intended to sponsor and raise funds in the performance field; the other founders were John Cage, Elaine de Kooning, the designer David Hayes, and the theater producer Lewis B. Lloyd.
[9] In 1963, Johns and Cage founded Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts, now known as Foundation for Contemporary Arts in New York City.
In February, Rosenquist is among seventy prominent artists to donate paintings and sculptures to benefit the Foundation for
the Contemporary Performance Arts.
Johns was strongly influenced by the choreographer Merce Cunnigham and his partner composer John Cage, with whom he founded the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Art.
One of the most famous exponents of
contemporary performance art is the Serbian Marina Abramovic (b. 1946).
The Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts was established in 1963 when John Cage (1912 — 92) and Jasper Johns joined together to organize a benefit exhibition in support of their friends and colleagues in the performance arts.
It was called the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts, not the Foundation of Contemporary Performance Arts.
An article on Tuesday about the artist Jasper Johns and his work with Merce Cunningham misidentified a co-founder of the Foundation for
Contemporary Performance Arts, which Mr. Johns helped start, and misstated the middle initial of another.
Locke and Patterson also are in the Contemporary Arts Center's upcoming En Mas exhibition featuring Carnival as
a contemporary performance art practice in the Caribbean, Europe and New Orleans.