* 1926 in New York City; † 2008 in Cologne, Germany
American Artist
Known for: Participatory performances, fluxus events and event objects (ready-mades)
Notable work: Drip Music (1962)
Historical Context: Fluxus movement, Happening, Minimal Music, Conceptual Art (precursor)
Exhibited works
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Void stone, 1987. BF | A | The word "VOID" is chiseled in a stone. It has the following meanings:
(adj) 1. bare, clear, drained, emptied, empty, free, tenantless, unfilled, unoccupied, vacant 2. (void of): destitute, devoid, lacking, without 3. dead, ineffective, ineffectual, inoperative, invalid, nonviable, nugatory, null and void, unenforceable, useless, vain, worthless
(noun) 4. blank, blankness, emptiness, gap, lack, opening, space, vacuity, vacuum
(verb) 5. discharge, drain, eject, eliminate 6. abnegate, cancel, invalidate, nullify, rescind
Installationview: Park in Münster | |
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Word Event, 1961. BF | A | The instructions for this piece contain only one word: "Exit." | |
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Three Gap Events, 1961. BF | A |
Score for three gap events. | |
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Flute Solo, 1962. BF | A | The creation of this piece is connected with an incident involving Brecht's father, who suffered a nervous breakdown during a rehearsal of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra: "A soprano was bugging everybody with temper tantrums during rehearsal. At a certain point the orchestra crashed onto a major seventh and there was silence for the soprano and flute cadenza. Nothing happened. The soprano looked into the orchestra pit and saw that my father had completely taken apart his flute, down to the last screw. I used this idea in my 1962 FLUTE SOLO", George Brecht recalled.
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