ArtLex on Fluxus
From ArtLex on the Fluxus MovementGeorge Maciunas (Lithuanian-American, 1931-1978) coined the name Fluxus. He described it as "a fusion of Spike Jones, gags, games, Vaudeville, Cage and Duchamp." He co-ordinated and edited numerous Fluxus publications.
According to George Maciunas, Fluxus intended to "purge the world of bourgeois sickness . . . of dead art," to "promote a revolutionary flood and tide in art, anti-art, promote non art reality . . ." and to "fuse the cadres of cultural, social, and political revolutionaries into a united front and action."
Maciunas was full of contradictions. So whether his views on Fluxus can be considered as orthodoxy is open to question. However, Maciunas was unquestionably a seminal figure in the early days of Fluxus, his influence is undeniable, and the contradictions he held form part of the beautiful contradictions of Fluxus.
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