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R. Henry Nigl | |
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| Born | April 16, 1944 |
| Died | February 6, 2023 Waterville, Maine |
| Other names | Henry Nigl, Richard Henry Nigl, Dick Leaman, G.H.Diel |
| Known for | Performance Art, Visual Arts, Design |
Richard Henry Nigl is perhaps best known for a series of performances generally characterized as "Shout Art". [1] Nigl created these works improvisationally in the late 1970s.
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But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of "Papiers froissés" or tearing up paper to make "Papiers déchirés?" Arp was stimulated by water, forests, sometimes shortened as But what about the noise..., is a composition for percussion ensemble by American composer John Cage. It was finished in 1985.
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