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George Maciunas

George Maciunas

1931

WA-00031779

Conceptual ArtPerformance ArtFluxus

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

961

Works in Collection

1915

Assets Indexed

4

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0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ455931 ULAN500075547

Field Verification (4 fields)

2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/21398
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/george-maciunas
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

George Maciunas was an American artist and impresario who founded Fluxus in 1962, a radical interdisciplinary movement that rejected the autonomy of fine art in favor of performance, sound, and ephemeral interventions. Working across event scores, experimental music, printmaking, and conceptual strategies, Maciunas positioned Fluxus as a deliberately anti-art practice rooted in Dada irreverence and the social potential of artistic collaboration. His vision emphasized accessibility, humor, and the dissolution of boundaries between art and everyday life, influencing generations of postwar practitioners across multiple continents.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement

Conceptual Art

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (961)

George Maciunas: Der Traum von Fluxus Kunsthalled Bielefeld

Museum of Modern Art

Der Traum von Fluxus

2007 · DVD-R PAL deutsch Loop

Museum of Modern Art

New Flux Year

1983 · Cardboard match box, containing offset confetti

overall (closed): 2 3/16 × 1 7/16 × 11/16" (5.5 × 3.6 × 1.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Same Card Flux Deck

Same Card Flux Deck

1983 · Plastic box with offset label, containing 52 identical cards

overall (closed): 2 15/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 5/16" (7.5 x 9.3 x 3.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

New Flux Year

1983 · Bottomless cardboard match box, containing offset confetti

overall (closed): 2 3/16 × 1 7/8 × 3 9/16" (5.6 × 4.8 × 9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Kalejdoskop, no. 3

Kalejdoskop, no. 3

1981 · Artist's book with offset poster

overall (closed): 9 1/2 × 6 5/16 × 1/8" (24.1 × 16.1 × 0.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Burglary Flux Kit

Burglary Flux Kit

1980 · Plastic box with offset label, containing seven keys

overall (closed): 3 15/16 x 4 11/16 x 7/8" (10 x 11.9 x 2.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Flux Deck

1980 · Plastic box containing offset card with stamped ink and sealed deck of playing cards

overall (closed): 3 5/8 × 2 15/16 × 7/8" (9.2 × 7.5 × 2.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Kalejdoskop, no. 3

Kalejdoskop, no. 3

1979 · Artist's book with offset poster

overall (closed): 9 1/2 × 6 5/16 × 3/16" (24.1 × 16.1 × 0.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fluxpost (Smiles)

1978 · Offset lithograph on gummed and perforated paper

11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1978 · cassette

Museum of Modern Art

Diagram of Historical Development of Fluxus and Other 4 Dimentional, Aural, Optic, Olfactory, Epithelial and Tactile Art Forms (Incomplete), Kalejdoskop reprint

sheet: 47 3/16 x 17 9/16" (119.8 x 44.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Your Name Spelled with Objects: Bici Forbes

Your Name Spelled with Objects: Bici Forbes

1978 · Plastic box with handwritten label, containing objects in various media

overall (closed): 4 5/16 x 8 1/4 x 1 5/16" (11 x 21 x 3.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Your Name Spelled with Objects: Knud Pedersen

Your Name Spelled with Objects: Knud Pedersen

1978 · Plastic box containing handwritten card and objects in various media

overall (closed): 7/8 x 3 11/16 x 2 15/16" (2.2 x 9.3 x 7.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

George Maciunas' preparatory materials for Takako Saito's Smell Chess, Spices

1978 · Various spices in twelve glass jars with tape labels handwritten by Maciunas

Museum of Modern Art

Excreta Fluxorum

Excreta Fluxorum

1978 · Plastic box with offset label, containing objects in various media with offset labels

overall (closed): 8 7/8 x 13 x 2 5/16" (22.5 x 33 x 5.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fluxpost (Smiles)

Fluxpost (Smiles)

1978 · Offset lithograph on gummed and perforated paper

sheet: 10 15/16 x 8 7/16" (27.8 x 21.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Interview on KRAB by Bill Woods

1977 · Open reel

Museum of Modern Art

Flux Art: An Historical Perspective

1977 · cassette

Museum of Modern Art

Modular Cabinet 4 E

Museum of Modern Art

Modular Cabinet

Museum of Modern Art

Modular Cabinet 13 X

Museum of Modern Art

Modular Cabinet 5 F

Museum of Modern Art

Modular Cabinet 12 T

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (1)

616 published of 1000 catalogued · 410 with image

MoMA
616 publishedof 1000 catalogued410 img

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

5

Movements3

Conceptual Art Performance Art Fluxus

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Phillips

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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