George Brecht

George Brecht (born Halfway, Oregon, United States 1924) was an early Fluxus artist.

Brecht studied at John Cage's New York School for Social Research in 1958 and 1959. He also wrote about Fluxus in The Fluxus Newspaper. Hannah Higgins , the daughter of Dick Higgins and Alison Knowles mentions, and quotes Brecht several times in her landmark book about Fluxus, "The Fluxus Experience" (2002). Notable contributions to Fluxus from George Brecht include "Word Events", and "Fluxkits ". Brecht was associated with the Fluxus artists of the 1960s including, Daniel Spoerri, Dick Higgins, and others. He worked with artists such as John Cage, Ray Johnson, Ken Friedman, and Alison Knowles.

External links

• George Brecht at the-artists.org
• Dutch Biography of Brecht