Simone Forti
Simone Forti (born March 25, 1935) is an American postmodern artist, dancer, choreographer, and writer. Since the 1950s, she has exhibited, performed, and taught workshops all over the world. Her innovations in
Postmodern dance, including her seminal 1961 body of work, ''Dance Constructions'', along with her contribution to the early
Fluxus movement, have influenced many notable dancers and artists. Forti first apprenticed with
Anna Halprin in the 1950s and has since worked alongside artists and composers
Nam June Paik,
Steve Paxton,
La Monte Young,
Trisha Brown,
Charlemagne Palestine,
Peter Van Riper,
Dan Graham,
Yoshi Wada,
Robert Morris and others. Forti's published books include ''Handbook in Motion'' (1974, The Press of the
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design), ''Angel'' (1978, self-published), and ''Oh Tongue'' (2003,
Beyond Baroque Foundation, ed. Fred Dewey), reprinted by Nero Editions, Rome, in 2023, and ''New Book (2024)'', published by Nero Editions. She is currently represented by The Box L.A. in Los Angeles, CA, and has works in the permanent collections of the
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York, the
Stedelijk Museum in
Amsterdam, the
Generali Foundation in
Vienna, the
Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the
Moderna Museet in
Stockholm.
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