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George Maciunas
Maciunas on a 2016 stamp of Lithuania
Born
Jurgis Mačiūnas

(1931-11-08)November 8, 1931
Kaunas, Lithuania
DiedMay 9, 1978(1978-05-09) (aged 46)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityLithuanian/American
EducationArchitecture and Graphic Design
Known forVisual Art, Aesthetics, Artist's Multiples, Installation, Music, Sculpture, Performance, Mail Art
MovementFluxus
SpouseBillie Hutching
Poster to Festum Fluxorum Fluxus 1963

George Maciunas (English: /məˈnəs/; Lithuanian: Jurgis Mačiūnas; November 8, 1931 – May 9, 1978) was a Lithuanian American artist, born in Kaunas. A founding member and the central coordinator of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers, and designers, he is most famous for organising and performing early happenings and for assembling a series of highly influential artists' multiples.[1]

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artists' book edited and produced by the Lithuanian-American artist George Maciunas, containing works by a series of artists associated with Fluxus, the...

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