At the Walker: Art Expanded, 1958–1978

George Brecht (American, 1926–2008)
No Smoking
c.1973
Offset Lithograph on Paper
Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
photo by versluis

George Brecht, was a vital proponent of Fluxus, the loosely connected international group of spirited Conceptualists who were mainly active in the 1960s and 1970s. Below is a promotional clip produced by the Walker.



The following lyrics by Jasper Johns greets the viewer as one enters the exhibition:

One thing working one way
Another thing working another way.
One thing working different ways at different times. 
Take an object.
Do something to it.
Do something else to it. 
 "        "         "   "  "
Take a canvas. 
Put a mark on it.
Put another mark on it. 
  "      "       "     "  "
Make something.
Find a use for it. 
AND OR
Invent a function. 
Find an object. 
 —Jasper Johns 1965