"Happenings" in the New York Scene
- Kind
- Magazine Article
- Date
- 1961
- Publisher
- Art News
- Volume / pages
- 60(3):36-39, 58-62
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Happenings: Impermanent, Impromptu Art
In this context of achievement-and-death, artists who make Happenings are living out the purest melodrama. Their activity embodies the myth of nonsuccess, for Happenings cannot be sold and taken home; they can only be supported. And because of their intimate and fleeting nature, only a few people can experience them…