Geoffrey Hendricks
Encyclopedia
Geoffrey Hendricks is an American
artist associated with Fluxus
since the mid 1960s, and has styled himself as "cloudsmith" for his extensive work with sky imagery in paintings, on objects, in installations and performances. Hendricks was born in Littleton
, New Hampshire
in 1931. He is professor emeritus of art at Rutgers University
, where he taught from 1956 to 2003, and where he was associated with Allan Kaprow
, Roy Lichtenstein
, and Lucas Samaras
during their time there in the 1960s.
In 2002, he edited Critical Mass: Happenings, Fluxus, Performance, Intermedia and Rutgers University, 1958-1972http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/acatalog/__Critical_Mass_1041.html#1132, a book that documents the seminal creative activity and experimental work developed by university faculty membersof the 1960s such as Bob Watts
, Allan Kaprow
, George Brecht
, Hendricks, and others.
He has participated in Fluxus festivals worldwide and continues exhibiting internationally. He is renowned for students he has mentored over his 48 years of teaching, and his skill in preparing delicious macrobiotic meals. He maintains studios and residences in New York City
and at his farm in Colindale, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, along with his partner and sometimes collaborator, Sur Rodney (Sur).
In 2006, he had solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Windsorhttp://www.artgalleryofwindsor.com/,
Ontario; UC, Santa Cruz; Galerie Esplanadehttp://www.galerie-esplanade.at/, Bad Ischl, Austria; the Egon Schiele Art Centrumhttp://www.schieleartcentrum.cz/new/index.php?lang=en&mode=normal, Cesky Krumlov
, Czech Republic (through December 2006); and taught "the Artist as Nomad" at the International Summer Academyhttp://www.summeracademy.at/en/, Salzburg. He recently performed "Headstands for Peace," in Washington Square Park, an event organized by Julie Evanoffhttp://www.redcurves.com.
United States
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artist associated with Fluxus
Fluxus
Fluxus—a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists, composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media and disciplines in the 1960s. They have been active in Neo-Dada noise music and visual art as well as literature, urban planning,...
since the mid 1960s, and has styled himself as "cloudsmith" for his extensive work with sky imagery in paintings, on objects, in installations and performances. Hendricks was born in Littleton
Littleton, New Hampshire
Littleton is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,928 at the 2010 census. Situated at the edge of the White Mountains, Littleton is bounded on the northwest by the Connecticut River....
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
in 1931. He is professor emeritus of art at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, where he taught from 1956 to 2003, and where he was associated with Allan Kaprow
Allan Kaprow
Allan Kaprow was an American painter, assemblagist and a pioneer in establishing the concepts of performance art. He helped to develop the "Environment" and "Happening" in the late 1950s and 1960s, as well as their theory. His Happenings - some 200 of them - evolved over the years...
, Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was a prominent American pop artist. During the 1960s his paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City and along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist and others he became a leading figure in the new art movement...
, and Lucas Samaras
Lucas Samaras
Lucas Samaras , is an artist, born in Kastoria, Greece. He studied at Rutgers University on a scholarship, where he met Allan Kaprow and George Segal. While at Rutgers, he joined Gamma Sigma . He participated in Kaprow's "Happenings," and posed for Segal's plaster sculptures...
during their time there in the 1960s.
In 2002, he edited Critical Mass: Happenings, Fluxus, Performance, Intermedia and Rutgers University, 1958-1972http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/acatalog/__Critical_Mass_1041.html#1132, a book that documents the seminal creative activity and experimental work developed by university faculty membersof the 1960s such as Bob Watts
Robert Watts (artist)
Robert Watts was an American artist best known for his work as a member of the international Avant-garde art movement Fluxus. Born in Burlington, Iowa June 14, 1923, he became Professor of Art at Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Jersey in 1953, a post he kept until 1984...
, Allan Kaprow
Allan Kaprow
Allan Kaprow was an American painter, assemblagist and a pioneer in establishing the concepts of performance art. He helped to develop the "Environment" and "Happening" in the late 1950s and 1960s, as well as their theory. His Happenings - some 200 of them - evolved over the years...
, George Brecht
George Brecht
George Brecht , born George Ellis MacDiarmid, was an American conceptual artist and avant-garde composer as well as a professional chemist who worked as a consultant for companies including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Mobil Oil...
, Hendricks, and others.
He has participated in Fluxus festivals worldwide and continues exhibiting internationally. He is renowned for students he has mentored over his 48 years of teaching, and his skill in preparing delicious macrobiotic meals. He maintains studios and residences in New York City
New York City
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and at his farm in Colindale, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, along with his partner and sometimes collaborator, Sur Rodney (Sur).
In 2006, he had solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Windsorhttp://www.artgalleryofwindsor.com/,
Ontario; UC, Santa Cruz; Galerie Esplanadehttp://www.galerie-esplanade.at/, Bad Ischl, Austria; the Egon Schiele Art Centrumhttp://www.schieleartcentrum.cz/new/index.php?lang=en&mode=normal, Cesky Krumlov
Český Krumlov
Český Krumlov is a small city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, best known for the fine architecture and art of the historic old town and Český Krumlov Castle...
, Czech Republic (through December 2006); and taught "the Artist as Nomad" at the International Summer Academyhttp://www.summeracademy.at/en/, Salzburg. He recently performed "Headstands for Peace," in Washington Square Park, an event organized by Julie Evanoffhttp://www.redcurves.com.
External links
- Fluxus.org
- Fluxlist
- Fluxlist Blog
- http://www.fluxus-plus.de/ Fluxus Museum in Potsdam, Germany.
- fluxus debris! @ art / not art
- The Fluxus Blog
- Archives of The Fluxlist
- Geoffrey Hendricks in the Video Data Bank