As Julia Robinson has observed, Maciunas is routinely characterized as the impresario of Fluxus, which is more of a dodge than an accurate description. It avoids dealing with his diverse endeavors and polymath expertise in any specificity. At the Stendhal Gallery alone, Maciunas emerges as a graphic designer, architect, art historian, and real-estate entrepreneur. This madcap heterogeneity is Maciunas's challenge: to borrow Foucault's term, what "author function" assigns...
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