Larry Miller (artist)
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Larry Miller (born 1944) is an American artist, most strongly linked to the Fluxus movement after 1969. He is "an intermedia artist whose work questions the borders between artistic, scientific and theological disciplines. He was in the vanguard of using DNA and genetic technologies as new art media."[1] Electronic Arts Intermix, a pioneering international resource for video and new media art has said, "Miller has produced a diverse body of experimental art works as a key figure in the emergent installation and performance movements in New York in the 1970s... His installations and performances have integrated diverse mediums [sic] and materials."[2]
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Born | 1944 (age 79–80) Marshall, Missouri, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Rutgers University |
Known for | Performance art |
Movement | Fluxus |
Miller’s early works already demonstrate his personal understanding of the artist as an investigator of experience and of art as an experiment.[3] In addition to his work with Fluxus and DNA, Miller's work can be divided into two distinct categories: 1) Miller's own video pieces, which were often components of his larger installations and performances and 2) documentary videotapes of Fluxus interviews, performances and events. Since the 1960s, Miller has shot and collected an impressive number of Fluxus related materials, including the 1978 interview with George Maciunas.[2]
The interview that Miller conducted with Maciunas shortly before the latter's death is an outstanding documentation, which has made a great contribution to the reconstruction of early Fluxus history in particular.[4] Miller has also done interviews with artists Joe Jones, Carolee Schneemann, Ben Vautier, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles and others.[2] Miller has helped produce, organize and develop exhibitions for Fluxus artists such as Maciunas and Nam June Paik.[5] Miller also organized several evenings at the Judson Church in New York.[6]