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Nationality/school: American

Born: New York City 1933-04-29

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: married to Dick Higgins

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had contact with George Brecht and John Cage; together with Dick Higgins takes part in the Fluxus movement in 1961

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Biographical information

Education: Pratt Institute, School of Art and Design (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

until 1954

Teacher at academy/university: University of Kassel, 1996-1997, Documenta Guest Professor
Kunsthochschule Kassel
1998

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Albers, Josef
Gottlieb, Adolph
Lindner, Richard

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 1 hit in RKDlibrary as subject
1 hit in RKDlibrary as author

Van Barneveld et al. 1984 , p. 106
Saur 1992- , vol. 81, p. 43-44 (as: Knowles, Alison)

J. Robinson, 'The Sculpture of Indeterminacy: Alison Knowles's Beans and Variations", in: Art Journal, dl. 63, nr. 4, winter 2004, p. 96-115

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External links: Website Alison Knowles (accessed March 2022)

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