ArtistsHenry Flynt
Henry Flynt

Henry Flynt

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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1977
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Henry Flynt is an American conceptual artist and theorist whose practice since the 1960s spans performance, notation, and text-based work. He investigates the ideological foundations of Western art and music systems through deliberate acts of aesthetic and institutional critique, challenging conventional distinctions between art and non-art. His work operates across multiple registers, treating conceptual intervention and philosophical critique as material practices.

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Artsy artwork: Down With Art!  (contributions by Henry Flynt, Terry Riley, Bob Morris, Walter de Maria, Diana Wakowski, Cornelius Cardew and Ben Vautier)  (1968)
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Artsy artwork: Down With Art (1968)
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