QUELQUES HARICOTS POUR ALLISON KNOWLES
Some beans for Alison Knowles

QUELQUES HARICOTS POUR ALLISON KNOWLES
Some beans for Alison Knowles

Dried beans placed in the boîte-catalogue in reference to Alison Knowles, American Fluxus artist for whom the bean has been a central artistic material since her Make a Salad performance (1962) and Bean Rolls multiple (1963). The manifest uses the word "pour" ( for), rather than "de" ( by ), indicating these were selected as a gesture of tribute to Knowles's practice rather than contributed by her directly.

Anonymous / George Maciunas (possible selector)

References the practice of founding Fluxus member Alison Knowles (American, born 1933). Relates to the art works Make a Salad (1962) and Bean Rolls (1963).

Dried beans; organic material

Realia; natural specimen; found object