Nye Ffarrabas, formerly Bici Forbes Hendricks, although creating art almost as soon as she was conscious, came to be a public-facing and engaged artist at a particular time and a particular place. The time was the early and mid-1960s, and the place was New York City. At this point in time, New York was the epicenter of the experimental and creative laboratory that was Fluxus.

A decade after her 50-year retrospective, and at the age of 92, Nye is still quite active and creating artwork! It is intended that rather than cover the same ground so thoroughly explored by the comprehensive exhibition mentioned previously, this one will focus on the activities of The Black Thumb Press, primarily founded and developed by Nye (as Bici) and with some contributions from Geoff Hendricks, in 1965, to expand visual and verbal stimuli, encourage exploration, investigate new forms of intermedia, and to generally serve as an engine of change in the world, all the while not falling for the catchy or the trendy in either art or society at large. Also, it is the desire of this exhibition to demonstrate through various related works and ephemera, and the reactions of the art world at the time, that the significance of Nye’s work is made clear through its context in the cultural zeitgeist.

Read the full Curatorial Statement here

See photos of the Exhibition and Opening Reception here