Allan Kaprow

Allan Kaprow was an American performance artist, installation artist, painter, and assemblagist. He helped to develop the "Environment" and "Happening" in the late 1950s and 1960s, as well as their theory. His Happenings — some 200 of them — evolved over the years. Eventually Kaprow shifted his practice into what he called "Activities", intimately scaled pieces for one or several players, devoted to the study of normal human activity in a way congruent to ordinary life. Fluxus, performance art, and installation art were, in turn, influenced by his work.

23 August 1927

Born on the same birth date (23 August 1927): Dick Bruna • Martial Solal

Born on the same birth day (23 August): Andrew Rannells • Cristian Tudor • Eric Tai • Frances Adaskin • Jeremy Lin • Jusuf Nurkić • Keith Moon • River Phoenix • Roger Avary • Sean Marks • Tasos Mitropoulos • Vicky Leandros

Born in the same month (August 1927): Dick Bruna • Fred Kavli • Johnny Temple • Peter Oakley • Piet Kee • Stuart Rosenberg