Milan knizak biography

Milan Knížák (Czech:[ˈmɪlanˈkɲiːʒaːk]; born 19 April 1940) is a Czechperformance artist,^[1] sculptor, noise musician,^[2]installation artist, political dissident, graphic artist, art theorist and pedagogue of art associated with Fluxus.^[3]

Biography

Early life

Milan Knizak is the son of the painter, musician and teacher of mathematics^[4] Karel Knížák from Doubravka u Plzně, nowadays part of the city of Plzeň, and Julia Knížáková.

Milan knizak biography

The parents taught in Jarov (1932–1934)^[5] and later in Blovice close to Plzeň. Milan Knížák was born in Plzeň on 19 April 1940. In 1945,^[6] after the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia^[7] the family moved to Mariánské Lázně, a spa town in close to the German border.

There, his father played violin in a spa orchestra and Milan attended primary school, where he was interested in music and literature. He also took piano, trumpet and guitar lessons.

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