With the exhibition "Alison Knowles: Retrospective" (1960–2022), Nikolaj Kunsthal presents the first comprehensive tribute to the pioneering American Fluxus artist Alison Knowles (1933–2025). Since the 1960s, Knowles has been a central figure within the international avant-garde, with a diverse artistic practice ranging from small hand-held objects and scores – the so-called ‘event scores’ – to large-scale spatial installations, iconic food performances and Fluxus poetry.
Throughout her lifelong engagement with everyday materials, found objects and the textures of daily life, Knowles’ mission was to create poetic works that combined the playful experimentation of the Fluxus movement with a sensorial, social and everyday-oriented perspective. The exhibition maps six decades of artistic production – from the radical experiments with action, sound and image in the 1960s to the participatory works of the 2000s. During the exhibition, several of her most significant performances will be restaged – in the very space where the history originally began.
Kilde: Nikolaj Kunsthal