Total Art: Enivronments, Happenings, and Performance

World of Art

by Adrian Henri

Since WWII artists have made increasing use of technological media, and, in their search for new art forms, have collaborated with filmmakers, dancers, actors, musicians, and other artists, to stage controversial, often outrageous and hilarious, seemingly spontaneous public gatherings. Happenings, first seen in New York in the early '60s, use live performers without the logical structure of drama, in an attempt to break down the customary distinctions between life and art.

Genres: Art, Art History

216 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1974

About the author

Liverpool poet and artist, Adrian Henri, is famous for his contribution to the ‘Liverpool Sound’ in the nineteen-sixties, when he led the poetry/rock group Liverpool Scene. Since then he has been a freelance poet, painter, singer, songwriter and lecturer.