Birth Name:

George Brecht

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Aug 27, 1926

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

New York, New York, United States

Age:

97

Zodiac Sign:

Virgo

Astrology Data:

Sun

3°

Vir

36'

About George Brecht

George Brecht (August 27, 1926 – December 5, 2008), born George Ellis MacDiarmid, was an American conceptual artist and avant-garde composer, as well as a professional chemist who worked as a consultant for companies including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Mobil Oil. He was a key member of, and influence on, Fluxus, the international group of avant-garde artists centred on George Maciunas, having been involved with the group from the first performances in Wiesbaden 1962 until Maciunas' death in 1978.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Video on YouTube

• Essay on Brecht by Yve-Alain Bois

• The Something Else pamphlet Chance Imagery and Book of the Tumbler on Fire available as 2 pdfs on UbuWeb

• Repository, 1961, a piece by Brecht in the collection at MOMA

• Word Event • Exit, 1961

• An article about Robert Watts, including an interview with Brecht about the Yam Festival

• The first edition of V TRE, 1963, edited by Brecht, featuring contributions from Dieter Roth, Angus Maclise and Jackson Mac Low

• An Anthology of Chance, edited by La Monte Young; a pdf on Ubuweb

• Entrance to Exit, 1965; a Fluxfilm by Brecht

• A complete list of all Brecht's multiples

• Some late multiples by Brecht

• George Brecht at the-artists.org

• George Brecht retrospective

• Dutch Biography of Brecht

• George Brecht Resources

• George Brecht + James Tenney with George Maciunas, Entrance... (excerpt) 1:46 published on the Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine

• A good essay on Brecht by Anna Dezeuze

• New York Times obituary

• The Dance Insider Chair Exit

• Chair

• Exit

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for George Brecht: Sun 3 Virgo, Moon 1 Taurus, Mercury 15 Leo, Venus 11 Leo, Mars 12 Taurus, Jupiter 20 Aquarius, Saturn 20 Scorpio, Uranus 28 Pisces, Neptune 24 Leo, Pluto 15 Cancer, Mercury Square Saturn, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Mercury Square Mars, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Mercury Semi Sextile Pluto, Venus Square Mars, Venus Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Mars Semi Square Uranus, Mars Sextile Pluto, Jupiter Square Saturn, Jupiter Opposition Neptune, Saturn Square Neptune, Saturn Trine Pluto

Categories related to George Brecht: August 27 births, 2008 deaths, Artists from New York (state), American installation artists, American conceptual artists, American expatriates in Germany, 20th-century American chemists, 1926 births, Fluxus, Pupils of John Cage