Fluxus Art

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The Fluxus art movement started out within a small group of international artists in Germany during the 1960's, and later spread globally as far as Japan and New York. Their intentions were more social rather than aesthetically. Fluxus artists mixed numerous art principles and styles such as Dada, Zen movements, and the art from the Bauhaus. Dick Higgins was the first to label the movement as the Fluxus movement. Many avante garde developments were inspired by Fluxus art. Artists of the movement attempted to base their work on the scientific and sociological ideas. Their style is both playful and unconventional, and tried to reflect the idea of "everything is art, and anyone can do it."

Vik Muniz puts Fluxus art into action by using unconventional mediums to recreate famous artworks, such as the Last Supper made of chocolate syrup, and his series Sugar Children made of sugar and pepper. He finishes off the process of taking photographs of those art works and presenting his work as a photo, instead of the actual work itself.

(http://www.arthistoryguide.com/Fluxus.aspx)
(http://articles.boston.com/2011-05-15/ae/29546262_1_fluxus-ben-vautier-george-maciunas)