
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
16
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-11-08
Day of Death
1978-05-09 (47 years old)
Place of Birth
Kaunas, Lithuania
Also Known As
Jurgis Mačiūnas
George Maciunas
Biography
George Maciunas (Lithuanian: Jurgis Mačiūnas; November 8, 1931 – May 9, 1978) was a Lithuanian American artist. He was a founding member and the central coordinator of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers, and designers. Other leading members brought together by this movement included Ay-O, Joseph Beuys, Jonas Mekas, George Brecht, Dick Higgins, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik and Wolf Vostell. He is most famous for organising and performing early happenings and for assembling a series of highly influential artists' multiples. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia