Dick Higgins

1938–1998

Introduction

Higgins was a seminal figure in Happenings, the concrete poetry movement and a co-founder of the Fluxus movement in the early 1960's.

Country of birth

United Kingdom

Roles

Artist, composer, mixed-media artist, painter, performance artist, poet, publisher, writer

ULAN identifier

500034921

Names

Dick Higgins, Richard Higgins, Richard Dick Carter Higgins

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First acquired
2008

Date of birth
March 15, 1938

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