rip allan kaprow

"In 1959, Allan Kaprow gave his "actions" a name : "happenings". For A. Kaprow, art is in the "perpetual present"

"Flash-mobs and other art/life boundary-breakers have Kaprow to thank"

"As a young artist in the late 1950s, Kaprow was influenced by Abstract Expressionist painters who moved around their vast canvases to pour and drip paint. He took the idea further by leading observers directly into the artwork, eliminating canvas and display walls"

"Allan was able to break the boundary between life and art," said Steve Fagin, chairman of UC San Diego's visual arts department. "He turned things on their head. Instead of making a grandiose artwork, he would put greatness into anything ordinary. That can be inspiring and transcendent."

via latimes