Fluxus Fallout: New York in the Wake of the New Sensibility

Abstract

The New York-based Fluxus movement began an extended period of dissemination, and in some senses dissolution, around 1967. At the same time the "fluxist" sensibility began to manifest itself in New York art beyond Fluxus’ own specific artistic practice — and, as New York still dominated American artistic discourse at this time, the fluxist inflection in America as well, adding to the limited but growing influence of established regional Fluxus pockets. The essay addresses various phenomena that abetted the "fluxing" of American art.