This photograph shows Alison Knowles (second from right, holding a plate) during the premiere of what she considered to be her first score, #2—Proposition, which reads simply, “Make a salad.” This first realization occurred at the Institute for Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London on 21 October 1962, at an event allied with the inaugural Fluxus concert tour through Europe. Knowles prepared a giant green salad with fresh ingredients and served it to the ICA audience. Living out of a suitcase on tour, Knowles had to improvise her kitchen tools. Here she borrowed a pickle barrel to serve as a mixing bowl from the classic British food emporium Crosse & Blackwell.
Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY; © Alison Knowles.
