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"*Pendulum* ", by Drop Artists, 1962, Lawrence Kansas

Establishment

In 1961, filmmaker Gene Bernofsky and artist Clark Richert, art students from the University of Kansas, developed an art concept they called Drop Art or "droppings". Informed by the "happenings" of Allan Kaprow and the impromptu performances a few years earlier of John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg and Buckminster Fuller at Black Mountain College, Drop Art began when Richert and Bernofsky painted rocks and dropped them from a loft roof onto the sidewalk of Lawrence Kansas's main drag - watching the reactions of passersby. Richert was studying painting and Gene was pursuing filmmaking when they began creating Drop Art - including such pieces as "Egg Drop", "Pendulum" (pictured) . Drop Art eventually led to the creation of Drop City, an experimental artist's community founded in 1965 near Trinidad, Colorado. The intention was to create a live-in work of "Drop Art".

References:

John Q McDonald --- 21 July 2006

http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~jmcd/book/revs3/dcty.html

Bringing It All Together : DROP CITY by Tim Miller

http://www.thefarm.org/lifestyle/root2.html

Ruins of Drop City, Trinidad, Colorado, August 1995 by Joel Sternfeld

http://www.hainesgallery.com/Main_Pages/Artist_Pages/JSTE.image_3.html

Zome-inspired Sculpture by Paul Hildebrandt http://www.lkl.ac.uk/bridges/Zome-Hildebrandt.pdf#search=%22%22drop%20art%22%20drop%20city%22

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	In 1961, filmmaker [[Gene Bernofsky]] and artist [[Clark Richert]], art students from the [[University of Kansas]], developed an art concept they called '''Drop Art''' or "droppings". Informed by the "[[happenings]]" of [[Allan Kaprow]] and the impromptu performances a few years earlier of [[John Cage]], [[Robert Rauschenberg]] and [[Buckminster Fuller]] at [[Black Mountain College]], Drop Art began when Richert and Bernofsky painted rocks and dropped them from a loft roof onto the sidewalk of Lawrence Kansas's main drag - watching the reactions of passersby. ~~They met at KU, where~~ Richert was studying painting and Gene was pursuing filmmaking~~. A year~~ ~~later~~ they began creating Drop Art - including such pieces as "Egg Drop", "Pendulum" (pictured) . Drop Art eventually led to the creation of [[Drop City]], an experimental artist's community founded in 1965 near Trinidad, Colorado. The intention was to create a live-in work of "Drop Art".		In 1961, filmmaker [[Gene Bernofsky]] and artist [[Clark Richert]], art students from the [[University of Kansas]], developed an art concept they called '''Drop Art''' or "droppings". Informed by the "[[happenings]]" of [[Allan Kaprow]] and the impromptu performances a few years earlier of [[John Cage]], [[Robert Rauschenberg]] and [[Buckminster Fuller]] at [[Black Mountain College]], Drop Art began when Richert and Bernofsky painted rocks and dropped them from a loft roof onto the sidewalk of Lawrence Kansas's main drag - watching the reactions of passersby. Richert was studying painting and Gene was pursuing filmmaking when they began creating Drop Art - including such pieces as "Egg Drop", "Pendulum" (pictured) . Drop Art eventually led to the creation of [[Drop City]], an experimental artist's community founded in 1965 near Trinidad, Colorado. The intention was to create a live-in work of "Drop Art".