Dutch artist and writer
Louwrien Wijers (born 1941 inAalten , Netherlands)[ 1] Ferwert .[ 2] Fluxus art movement and worked withJoseph Beuys from 1968 through 1986. Like Beuys, she considers writing and speaking as sculpture. She makes what she calls "mental sculpture" as well as material sculpture.[ 3] Algemeen Handelsblad , Hitweek,het Financieele Dagblad and in several international books, magazines and publications. In 1970 she began making art.[ 4]
Her collection of interviews 1978–1987 withJoseph Beuys ,Andy Warhol , theDalai Lama ,Robert Filliou ,Sogyal Rinpoche ,David Bohm ,Rupert Sheldrake ,Francisco Varela ,Nam June Paik andHarish Johari came out in German asSchreiben als Plastik in 1992 and was published in English asWriting as Sculpture in 1996.
In 1990, Louwrien Wijers initiated her mental sculptureArt meets Science and Spirituality in a changing Economy , five days of panel meetings at theStedelijk Museum Amsterdam . It brought together artists, scientists, spiritual leaders and economists;Robert Rauschenberg ,David Bohm , theDalai Lama andStanislav Menshikov in Panel 1.John Cage ,Ilya Prigogine ,Huston Smith andFriedrich Wilhelm Christians in Panel 2.JCJ Vanderheyden ,Francisco Varela , Mother Tessa Bielecki and J.M. Pinhero Neto in Panel 3.Lawrence Weiner ,Rupert Sheldrake ,Sogyal Rinpoche and Jean-Maxime Lêvêque in Panel 4.Marina Abramović ,Fritjof Capra ,Raimon Panikkar andJohan Witteveen in Panel 5.[ 5] Art meets Science and Spirituality in a changing Economy / From Competition to Compassion , Academy Editions, 1996.
1972 Bathiliem Gallery, New York, U.S.A. 1973 Galerie im Goethe Institut, Amsterdam 1974 Galerie im Goethe Institut, Amsterdam 1982 Van Reekummuseum, Apeldoorn. Netherlands 2003 Mijn Heyboertijd met Hannes van Es, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beetsterzwaag, Netherlands 2011 Words to be framed, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1972 Galerie im Goethe Institut, Amsterdam 1982 ICA, Antwerpen 1992 Fodor Museum, Amsterdam 1998 Artists for Tibet, Amsterdam 2003 Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beesterzwaag, Netherlands 2003 Biennale van Venetië, Utopia Station 2007 Cumulus, Kunstruimte NP40, Amsterdam, curator Marieke Bolhuis 2008 Kasteel Nienoord, Leek, Netherlands 2011 Kunstruimte Wagemans, Nw Annerveen, Netherlands 2013 The Temptation of AA Bronson, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2013 Onmogelijke Kunst op Solder, Museum8 in Ons LieveHeer op Solder, Amsterdam 2014 UMCG / Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, with Ids Willemsma 2015 Postcards are to be looked at, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2015 RongWrong/Amsterdam, solo booth at Brussels Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium 2015 Anarchic Situation, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beetsterzwaag, Netherlands, curated by Marc Bijl 2016 Imagine Europe - In Search of New Narratives, BOZAR / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium 2017 Learn Tomorrow's Language, Amsterdamse Bos / Cure Park, Amsterdam 2017 Roll on, Roll on Phenomena, Van Eyck, Maastricht, curator Eloise Sweetman 2018 Psst... A Play On Gossip, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, Italy 2019 Zeppelin Rooms, RongWrong, Amsterdam 2019 Moment VI: Kindness in a Time of Scarcity, Shimmer, Rotterdam Art meets Science and Spirituality in a changing Economy, SDU Publishers, 1990ISBN 90 12 06619 0 Writing as Sculpture: 1978–1987. Academy Editions, 1996.ISBN 1854901842 Ben d'Armagnac, In de serieMonografieën van Nederlandse Kunstenaars van het Prins Bernhard Fonds, Waanders Uitgevers, 1995.ISBN 90 6630 486 3 Art Meets Science and Spirituality in a Changing Economy, From Competition to Compassion. Vch Pub, 1996.ISBN 1854904779
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