AlisonKnowles

Biography
Alison Knowles (b. 1933 in New York City, New York, USA, lives and works in New York City) was among the founders and original protagonists of Fluxus. Her graphic and pictorial works are distinguished by a textured, consistent, and tactile quality. Her performances are characterized by the indeterminacy of the scores, repetition, and everyday life. Knowles married Dick Higgins in 1960 and became one of the key supporters of the activities of Something Else Press. In 1962, Proposition #2: Make a Salad premiered at the ICA – Institute for Contemporary Arts in London, proposing the simple act of making a salad with the audience. The seemingly mundane task of food preparation was made theatrical, drawing attention to everyday simplicity, and subverting the submissiveness of the stereotype of female domesticity. Make a Salad has since been performed at the Tate Modern in London (2008), on the High Line in New York (2008), and most recently at Art Basel (2016). Knowles’s profound contributions to contemporary art have been honored by, among others, a Guggenheim Grant (1967), two National Endowment for the Arts Grants (1981 and 1985), and a College Art Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2003). In addition to her participation in numerous international exhibitions, a more recent retrospective was held at the BAMPFA – Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, California (2022).
Artworks (54)
- Alison Knowles
Cena per otto, 1985 - Alison Knowles
Italian Dress, 1991 - Alison Knowles
AY-O Performs The Identical Lunch, 1974 - Alison Knowles
Time Samples, 2006 - Alison Knowles
Lemon slices, 2009 - Alison Knowles
Kitchenware, 2009 - Alison Knowles
Ventilare, 1990 - Alison Knowles
Girare, 1990 - Alison Knowles
Time Samples, 2006 - Alison Knowles
Ç'est la fin des haricots, 1983 - Alison Knowles
Leone D'Oro, 1978 - Alison Knowles
Italian Dress, 1991 - Alison Knowles
Some Things (a Collection), 197(?) - Alison Knowles
Untitled, 1997 - Alison Knowles
Standing Lamp, 1989 - Alison Knowles
Le virtù del minestrone, 1983 - Robert Delford Brown, Lawrence Ferlinghetti,…
Untitled, 2001/02 - Alison Knowles
Time Samples, 2006 - Alison Knowles
Time Samples, 2006 - Alison Knowles
Dried mushroom, 2009 - Alison Knowles
Time Samples, 2006 - Alison Knowles
Italian Dress, 1991 - Alison Knowles
George Maciunas Performs The Identical Lunch, 1974 - Alison Knowles
Untitled - Alison Knowles
Time Samples, 2006 - Alison Knowles
Coco Princesse, 1990 - Alison Knowles
Fetish artisti veri, 1988 - Alison Knowles
Great Bear Fluxus, 1985 - Alison Knowles
Cool Shoes, 2000 - Alison Knowles
Untitled - Alison Knowles
Fluxus Cosmógony - Alison Knowles
Grapes, 2009 - Alison Knowles, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1989 - Alison Knowles
Pepper, 2009 - Alison Knowles
Time Samples, 2006 - Alison Knowles
Red Calf Moon of the Oglala Sioux, 1990/1997 - Alison Knowles
Beans, 2009 - Alison Knowles
Untitled, 1977 - Alison Knowles
Mostro che cammina, 1990 - Alison Knowles
Gettare, 1990 - Alison Knowles
Untitled, 1976 - Alison Knowles
R for Rosanna, 1992/1993 - Alison Knowles
Italian Dress, 1991 - Alison Knowles
Geoffrey Hendricks and Steven Varble Performs…, 1974 - Eric Andersen, Joseph Beuys, George Brecht,…
Hommage à Arthur Köpcke, 1979 - Alison Knowles
Italian Dress, 1991 - Alison Knowles
Identical Lunch - Vermont, 1974 - Alison Knowles
Time Samples, 2006 - Alison Knowles
Untitled, 1988 - Ay-O , Eric Andersen, Henning Christiansen,…
Fluxus Virus 1962-1992, 1992 - Alison Knowles
Time Samples, 2006 - Alison Knowles
Time Samples, 2006 - Alison Knowles
Untitled, 1986 - Alison Knowles
Time Samples, 2006