> [Original Message]
> From: Cranky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Mr. Flux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 4/23/01 7:02:05 PM
> Subject: [Fwd: Fw: VISITING ARTIST Geoffrey Hendricks]
>
>
> Reed,
> Thought I'd pass this on in case you didn't already know about it.
>
> -FT
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jean Twomey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 10:52 AM
> > Subject: Fwd: VISITING ARTIST Geoffrey Hendricks
> >
> > > The Isabel Pease Visiting Artist Series
> > > at the Maine College of Art presents...
> > >
> > > >Geoffrey Hendricks
> > > will present a video and slide lecture on his work
> > > Thursday April 26, 2001 at 6:00pm at the ICA.
> > >
> > > Geoffrey Hendricks, who Dick Higgins referred to as Cloudsmith, has
been
> > > active in Fluxus since the mid-sixties, becoming ordained Flux
Minister
> > > for
> > > Fluxus father George Maciunas' wedding to Billie Hutching (an event
that
> > > took
> > > place in the Emily Harvey gallery space in l978) and later his
funeral. As
> > > professor of Art at Rutgers University, where he has taught since
l956,
> > > his
> > > encouragement of exploration in intermedia and performance art with
his
> > > students is renowned.
> > >
> > > A dominant theme in Hendricks' installation and performance work is
the
> > > confluence of his ancestral roots and nature. Between Two Points /
Fra Due
> > > Poli (l974) and Headstands for Santa Barbara in front of the Royal
Palace,
> > > Oslo, Norway, (l994) are two examples. Bookworks and publishing have
been
> > > consistently interfaced with his work in painting and performance,
along
> > > with, his collaborative work with his partners: Bici (Forbes)
Hendricks
> > > a.k.a. Nye Ffarrabas, The Friday Book of White Noise (l964-65) and
their
> > > Flux
> > > Divorce(1971); Stephen Varble, Equinox (l972); Brian Buczak, Tronco
> > (l977);
> > > and most recently his wedding to Sur Rodney (Sur) during a Happening
> > > finale for Al
> > > Hansen's memorial event at Judson Memorial Church (l995).
> > >
> > > Hendricks has performed and participated in numerous exhibitions
> > > worldwide.
> > > In l992, as part of the 30th anniversary of Fluxus, this included A la
> > > Carte
> > > at Nikolaj Kirke in Copenhagen, Denmark, Da Capo in Wiesbaden,
Germany,
> > > The
> > > Seoul of Fluxus in Seoul, Korea, Fluxus Virus in Cologne and Munich
> > > Germany,
> > > Fluxers in Bolzano, Italy, as well as the exhibition In the Spirit of
> > > Fluxus,
> > > organized by the Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
> > >
> > > In l993-94 a retrospective of Hendricks' work Day into Night,
organized by
> > > Brandts Klędefabrik, Odense, Denmark, traveled to museums in
Scandinavia
> > > and
> > > Poland. Recent solo exhibitions include Rites of Passage, at Articule
in
> > > Montreal, Canada (1997) surveying more than 25 years of his
performances,
> > > The
> > > Sky is Falling, Il Cielo Sta Cadendo, (1997) an exhibition of his
objects
> > > with sky at Galleria Caterina Gualco in Genoa, Italy; Sky Notes: 1-22
at
> > > the
> > > Emily Harvey Gallery, in SoHo (1999); Sky Measures at Galerie Inge
Baecker
> > > in
> > > Cologne, Germany (1999), and in 2000, Constellations, at Galleria
Caterina
> > > Gualco, and Question: A Circle? at Galerie Pro Arte in Hallein,
Austria.
> > >
> > > Hendricks maintains residences in New York City and Cape Breton
Island,
> > > Nova
> > > Scotia, Canada.
> > >
> > > Please join us for this free lecture.
> > >
> > > The
> > > >Geoffrey Hendricks
> > > Lecture is sponsored by the Isabel Pease Visiting Artist Fund and the
MECA
> > > painting department.
> > >
> > >
> > > -----------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > Sean Foley
> > > Assistant Professor of Painting
> > > Maine College of Art
> > > 97 Spring Street
> > > Portland, ME 04101
> > > 207.879.5742. ext. 252
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >
--- Reed Altemus
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