Knowles premiered “Make a Salad” in 1962, as a leading member of the Fluxus artist group, founded in downtown New York. The idea was to connect high art with daily life. (In another project, 1969’s “Identical Lunch,” she recreated the circumstances of her habitual midday meal: “a tunafish sandwich on wheat toast, with lettuce and butter, no mayo, and a cup of soup or a glass of buttermilk.”) But the giant salad performance may be her best loved. “Everybody can enter into it by eating it,” explained Knowles, who has presented the piece at least a dozen times. Now it was being revived to celebrate Earth Day.
