Michael Gibbs (1949-2009) was a British poet and visual artist.[1] He lived and worked in Amsterdam from 1974 until his death in 2009.[2][3]
Artwork edit
Gibbs's work consisted primarily of concrete and visual poetry, video, photography, as well as mail art and artists' books.[1] Gibbs was active in Fluxus beginning in 1968.[3] Gibbs was associated with De Appel arts center in the 1970s.[3]
Publishing edit
While a student, Gibbs began publishing his art magazine titled Kontexts, which included interviews with writers including William Burroughs and Brion Gysin.[2]
He later published a second magazine titled Artzien,[4] which had 28 issues between 1978 and 1982. Artzien collected reviews of exhibitions written by visual artists.[1]
In the 1990s, he started an internet project called Nondescript Productions, and went on to produce online publications including Why Not Sneeze?[1][5]
Exhibitions edit
Gibbs's work was the subject of a 2016 festival and exhibition "Let it Keep Secrets" at de Appel Arts center in de Appel arts centre in Amsterdam.[4]
External links edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Michael Gibbs - Monoskop". monoskop.org.
- ^ a b c Artdaily. "Exhibitions, lectures and performances celebrate the early work of Michael Gibbs". artdaily.cc. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ a b "De Appel". Let it Keep Secrets.
- ^ Guy Schranen (2016). Jan de Rook, Gerrit and Andrew Wilson (ed.). All or nothing and other pages. Uniformbooks.