Allan Kaprow

Allan Kaprow was an American painter and was one of the pioneering artists that established the concept of performing art. He helped create and develop the “environment” which installation art incorporates almost any media to create an experience which is the environment. He helped develop the term “ Happening” which is a performance, event, or situation meant to be considered as art. He created 200 performance pieces. He was influenced by the Fluxus group and installation art. His work started out a scripted pieces that were planned out. His work soon evolved and became looser in the planning of them. He also involved more everyday activities in his work to integrate art and life.