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• Bici Forbes, Bici Hendricks, Nye Ffarrabas (b. June 21, 1932) ... taking name of Nye Ffarrabas in 1993. Married to Geoff Hendricks.

Shows

• Solo show, "Word Work", Judson Gallery, NYC, 1966-67
• Solo show, Currier Gallery, The Putney School, 2010
• Solo show, 50-year retrospective, "Nye Ffarrabas: A Walk on the Inside", C.X. Silver Gallery, Brattleboro, Vermont
• Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life

"Nye Ffarrabas’s (formerly Bici Forbes) "Stress Formula" appears as an everyday medicine bottle, but the capsules inside are not drugs. The capsules are clear and wrapped in tiny bits of paper. The label read, “Take one capsule every four hours, for laughs,” suggesting that each pill is a joke, a laugh, a moment of “Happiness?” perhaps. It is a fun play on the saying, ‘laughter is the best medicine.’ But at the same time, it delves deeper into the human condition by asking each viewer to contemplate the rolls of both laughter and pharmaceuticals in their own search for personal happiness. " -- Eberbach

"As such, internationally famous Fluxus talents on display at the UMMA include George Brecht, John Cale, Nye Ffarrabas, Ken Friedman, Al Hansen, Milan Knizak, Alison Knowles, Shigeko Kubota, George Landow, Maciunas, Peter Moore, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Dieter Roth, Takako Saito, Mieko Shiomi, Daniel Spoerri, Endre Tot, Ben Vautier, and La Monte Young." -- Cantu

" a pill bottle with plastic capsules filled with pressure-sensitive labels (“Take one capsule every four hours, for laughs’’) (Nye Ffarrabas); " -- Smee, Globe

• "Fluxus Scores and Instructions" e-flux.com

References

• Merino, Anthony, "NYE FFARRABAS: A WALK ON THE INSIDE", (exhibition review), Art New England, Nov/Dec2014, Vol. 35 Issue 6, p66

shows and performances

SOLO SHOWS & PERFORMANCES

• AN EVENING of READINGS from The Friday Book of White Noise (w/ co-author, Geoffrey Hendricks), Café au Go Go, NYC 1965
• WORD WORK (1st Solo Show) Judson Gallery, NYC 1966-67
• DETERIORATIONS (1 of 10 Evenings of Manipulations) Judson Gallery, NYC 1967
• ICE SHRINE (Installation during D.I.A.S. Destruction In Art Symposium) Judson Church, NYC 1968
• JAILBREAK (Installation - D.I.A.S. - ice & barbed wire) Finch College Museum 1968
• INSTALLATION w/ eggs, ice (D.I.A.S. related Trudy Heller’s Trick (Club) 1968

Performances: “Conjunctions”)

• FINAL EXAM (Installation/Event (Part of ORDEALS, Happening) Judson Church, NYC 1969
• TERMINAL READING (1st of 3) Judson Gallery, NYC 1969

• MAYTRICKS (Installation, part of a spring event at Judson) Judson Church 1969

• BOOTH at HAPPENING & FLUXUS RETROSPECTIVE (Kolner Kunstverein) Cologne, Germany 1970

• TERMINAL READING (2nd of 3) The Arts Lab, London 1970

• SOLO SHOW Billy Apple Gallery, NYC 1971

• TERMINAL READING (3rd of 3) Billy Apple Gallery, NYC 1971

• FLUX DIVORCE (w/ Geoffrey Hendricks, at our home) W. 20 St, NYC 1971

• CHAIR PIECE (Installation) Currier Gallery, Putney 2010

GROUP SHOWS & PERFORMANCES

• SIGNALS (Longview Country Club Performance Space, NYC) 1966

FLUXUS PAPER SHOW Hallmark Gallery, NYC 1969

THE FLAG SHOW Judson Church, NYC 1970

FLUXUS RETROSPECTIVE SHOW Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA 2003

ALUMNI/AE SHOW Currier Gallery, Putney 2003

CHAIR PIECE in “Red, Black & Blue” SHOW Windham Art Gallery 2008

FLUXUS & LIFE’S PERSISTANT QUESTIONS SHOW Mead Art Museum, 2010

miscellaneous performances, also in NYC & NJ,1960s

• WALK (movie, 1st version) – George Maciunas & Yoko Ono
• FLUXUS NEW YEAR CELEBRATION - G. Maciunas & Fluxfolk
• NY Festival of the AVANT GARDE - 7 yrs - Charlotte Moorman

HAPPENINGS - Allan Kaprow: Black Plastic (Graystone Hotel, NYC); Banquet (at a NJ landfill); Underground location, Bronx, NY; George Segal’s Farm Days (several yrs); etc.

Notes

Category:1932 births Category:Living people Category:Fluxus Category:American artists Category:American women artists