Nye Ffarrabas
Born
Bici Forbes

Boston, MA
NationalityAmerican
Notable workFlux Divorce
MovementFluxus
PartnerGeoffrey Hendricks (m.1961-1971)

Nye Ffarrabas (formerly Bici Forbes and Bici Hendricks), is an American artist and poet known for her contributions to the first generation of Fluxus. She participated in Judson Gallery shows at Judson Memorial Church in 1966-1968.

Nye Ffarrabas contributed to Women's Work, a magazine edited by Alison Knowles and Annea Lockwood, featuring text-based and instructional performance scores by twenty-five women artists from the Fluxus movement.

In 1965, she founded the publishing company, the Black Thumb Press with her partner Geoffrey Hendricks.[1][2][3] In 1964, a compilation of Nye Ffarrabas and Geoffrey Hendricks' journals were published in a series called The Friday Book of White Noise.[4]

Ffarrabas and Hendricks were married in 1961, and have two children.[5] In 1971, having decided to split up, Hendricks and Ffarrabas staged the Flux Divorce.[5]

Notable exhibitions

Ffarrabas' first solo exhibition at Judson Gallery was Word Work in December 1966 for six weeks.[6] Ffarrabas also performed at the 5th Annual Avant Garde Festival, organized by Charlotte Moorman in 1967.[7]

References

  1. ^ "FONDAZIONE BONOTTO - Ffarrabas, Nye - Black Thumb Summer Institute of Human Relations". www.fondazionebonotto.org. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  2. ^ "Nye Ffarrabas (formerly Bici Forbes and Bici Forbes Hendricks) | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  3. ^ "Artists' Books and Multiples: Bici Forbes Hendricks | Statement of Aims and Purposes of the Black Thumb Press". Artists' Books and Multiples. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  4. ^ "Nye Ffarrabas & CX Silver Gallery: West Brattleboro | The Brattleboro Words Project". Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  5. ^ a b Genzlinger, Neil (2018-05-22). "Geoffrey Hendricks, 86, Attention-Getting Fluxus Artist, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  6. ^ Ffarrabas, Nye (2000). "Remembering Judson House: Nye Ffarrabas (formerly Bici Forbes Hendricks)" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Program for the 5th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival by Charlotte Moorman". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
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