John Cage (ex)plain(ed)Writer/composer/performer/painter/poet are just a few hats that the musician John Cage (1912-1992) wore through his long and productive life. For over five decades, he changed the shape of American art and culture by pushing the envelope of what could be called "art". Quietly, working at the edges of acceptability, often ridiculed and rarely performed at first, Cage grew to be the most influential of all American artists, influencing not only composers and fellow musicians like Philip Glass, but also performance artists such as Laurie Anderson and Yoko Ono and visual artists Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. This book presents Cage's life and works in all media, explaining the workings of one of our greatest creators. -- Describes Cage's major works in all media, including musical works, theatrical pieces, radio works, visual arts, and poetry and prose -- Draws extensively on interviews with Cage conducted by the author and not previously published |
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—Jackson Mac Low, "Statement" (1965) With that image of anarchism in mind,
we can see that there are political implications to Cagean structuring. Cage was
interested in creating models of diffusion and freedom. That is what made him, ...
—Jackson Mac Low, "Statement" (1965) With that image of anarchism in mind,
we can see that there are political implications to Cagean structuring. Cage was
interested in creating models of diffusion and freedom. That is what made him, ...
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Even his philosophy is true to his politics, at a time when, to paraphrase Barnett
Newman, philosophy is for the artist, especially for some painters nowadays,
much as the Bible is to the minister — which is to say a respectable source that
can ...
Even his philosophy is true to his politics, at a time when, to paraphrase Barnett
Newman, philosophy is for the artist, especially for some painters nowadays,
much as the Bible is to the minister — which is to say a respectable source that
can ...
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In retrospect we can see how much politics has always been present in his music
. First of all, his music implies the abolition of archaic structures, as does his
politics; and both his music and his social thought suggest that new forms ought
to be ...
In retrospect we can see how much politics has always been present in his music
. First of all, his music implies the abolition of archaic structures, as does his
politics; and both his music and his social thought suggest that new forms ought
to be ...
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John Cage Inventor | 5 |
CunninghamCage | 25 |
John Cage Polyartist | 34 |
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