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GEORGE MACIUNAS (1931-1978) FLUXFEST PRESENTS / HI RED CENTER STREET CLEANING EVENT. Folded pamphlet. 1966. 23 3/4x34 1/4 inches, 60 1/4x87 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and abrasions along vertical and horizontal folds; minor stains in image. Paper. Lithuanian-born graphic designer George Maciunas was the founder of the Fluxus movement in 1961, a network of international inter-media artists who focused on the process of creating art, rather than the finished product. Influenced by avant-garde composer John Cage and Dada artists like Duchamp, Fluxus focused on "anti-art" and "anti-commercialism," with a spirit of humor and wit. Fluxus hosted public performances, festivals and street events in various cities, with contributing artists like Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Ray Johnson and George Brecht. This pamphlet is one of several designed by Maciunas in collaborations with artists like Yoko Ono, to promote street events in 1966. Fluxus multiples, which were mostly printed in black and white because Maciunas was colorblind, "were created to be inexpensively reproduced in accordance with the Fluxian principle that art was something anyone could make and anyone could own"(Art in Review, May 24, 1996, http://www.nytimes.com). Featured on the front page of this issue, "Hi Red Center" was a trio of Japanese artists who produced "Fluxclinic: Record of Features and Feats" at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on June 4, 1966, influenced by an event the group had organized two years earlier in Japan.
