Henry Flynt

Henry Flynt was born in 1940 in Greensboro, NC. He is a philosopher, musician, anti-art activist and exhibited artist, whom unsympathetic reviewers often link to Fluxus. In 1960, with the first draft of "Philosophy Proper," he arrived at what he would later call cognitive nihilism, the basis of his contributions. The work proposed to refute analytic philosophy and logical positivism with their own means. In 1961, he coined the term concept art to refer to "an art of which the material is concepts, as the material of for ex.

Influenced by: John Cage, La Monte Young, George Maciunas

Active:

1960-present

• TheoclesTue, Sep 22
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• Rachel LevitinSun, Nov 1
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• OMRI., The BotanistSat, Sep 19
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• Embryonic AutopsyWed, Feb 17
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• DiablaSat, Oct 31
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• Angine de PoitrineTue, Sep 15
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• ProtoplasmFri, Sep 18
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• HOWLING GIANT + FAERIE RINGWed, Oct 7
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