Allan Kaprow–Art as Life » 18 Happenings in 6 Parts http://www.moca.org/kaprow Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:07:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Documentation of 18 Happenings in 6 Parts at LACE http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/05/13/documentation-of-18-happenings-in-6-parts/ http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/05/13/documentation-of-18-happenings-in-6-parts/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 23:51:34 +0000 znkaplan http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/05/09/documentation-of-18-happenings-in-6-parts/ 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (1959/2008), reinvented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. April 22–26, 2008. Photo by Elizabeth Leister.

LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) and lead artist Steve Roden reinvented 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (1959/2008) over five nights from April 22 through April 26, 2008.

18 Happenings in 6 Parts (1959/2008), reinvented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. April 22–26, 2008. Photo by Elizabeth Leister. 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (1959/2008), reinvented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. April 22–26, 2008. Photo by Elizabeth Leister. 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (1959/2008), reinvented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. April 22–26, 2008. Photo by Elizabeth Leister. 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (1959/2008), reinvented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. April 22–26, 2008. Photo by Elizabeth Leister. 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (1959/2008), reinvented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. April 22–26, 2008. Photo by Elizabeth Leister. 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (1959/2008), reinvented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. April 22–26, 2008. Photo by Elizabeth Leister. 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (1959/2008), reinvented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. April 22–26, 2008. Photo by Elizabeth Leister.

]]> http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/05/13/documentation-of-18-happenings-in-6-parts/feed/ 0 This Week: 18 HAPPENINGS IN 6 PARTS at LACE http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/04/22/this-week-18-happenings-in-6-parts/ http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/04/22/this-week-18-happenings-in-6-parts/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:21:46 +0000 MOCA http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/04/22/this-week-18-happenings-in-6-parts/ This Week: 18 HAPPENINGS IN 6 PARTS at LACE

LACE is proud to present a re-invention of Allan Kaprow’s seminal Happening –18 Happenings in 6 Parts – originally presented in 1959 at the Reuben Gallery in New York. The original work featured a cast of performers including Allan Kaprow, with Rosalyn Montague, Shirley Prendergast, Lucas Samaras, Janet Weinberger, Robert Whitman, Sam Francis, Red Grooms, Dick Higgins, George Segal, and others.

To re-invent this work in 2008, LACE invited artist Steve Roden to assemble a creative team, which includes Rae Shao-Lan Blum, Michael Ned Holte and Stephanie Smith. The team is joined by performers Simone Forti, Steve Irvin, Flora Wiegmann with Elonda Billera and Skylar Haskard creating key props and installations.

Special guests will join the performance each night including Roy Dowell, Renee Petropoulos, Justin Lowman, Elizabeth Leister, Fran Siegel, Brad Eberhard, Mark Dutcher, Doug Harvey, Steve DeGroodt, David McDonald, and Martin Kersels.

TICKETS $15 general; $10 members/students
Advance reservations required
INFO 323/957-1777 or tickets@welcometolace.org

]]> http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/04/22/this-week-18-happenings-in-6-parts/feed/ 1 18 Happenings in 6 Parts http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/02/16/18-happenings-in-6-parts-19592008/ http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/02/16/18-happenings-in-6-parts-19592008/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:22:36 +0000 admin http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/01/16/18-happenings-in-6-parts-19592008/ Tuesday APRIL 22–Saturday, April 26, 8pm
LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)
6522 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles

LACE invited Steve Roden to assemble a creative team for the purpose of restaging Allan Kaprow’s seminal Happening, 18 Happenings in 6 Parts. Originally presented in 1959 at the Reuben Gallery in New York, this 2008 vision of the work comes from the team’s intensive research and dialogue based on Kaprow’s original notes and writings.
TICKETS $15 general; $10 members/students
Advance reservations required
INFO 323/957-1777 or tickets@welcometolace.org

18 Happenings in 6 Parts (1959)
From this seminal work, originally performed at the Reuben Gallery in New York, the term “Happening” entered artists’ vocabularies. 18 Happenings in 6 Parts invites audience participation through a variety of acts, such as action painting and flute playing, occurring simultaneously in multiple rooms.
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