Geoffrey Hendricks (b. 1931 in Littleton, New Hampshire) is a performance and installation artist, as well as a painter, closely associated with the Fluxus movement as both artist and organizer beginning in the mid-60s. He was a professor at Rutgers University − considered a center for Fluxus and happening art − from 1956 to 2003. On April 17, 2008, following shows in Berlin and Cracow, he presented his performance Grid 1983−2008, for Charlotte Moorman, Nam June Paik and Emmett Williams as part of the Ludwig Museum's exhibition Fluxus East − Fluxus Networks in Central-Eastern Europe. The performance was dedicated to the outstanding figures of the Fluxus movement; its elements recollected the work of the three mentioned artists, as well as containing recurring motifs of Hendricks' own works. His Cut Chair arises from this performance, and was on view during the whole show as an installation. A piece created during a performance by Geoffrey Hendricks at the opening of the exhibition, Fluxus East .
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