Louwrien Wijers

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Louwrien Wijers (born 1941 in Aalten, Netherlands) [1] is a Dutch artist and writer working in Ferwert. [2] She was involved with the Fluxus art movement and worked with Joseph 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] From 1965 on she has written on art for the Museum Journaal, Algemeen Handelsblad, Hitweek, het Financieele Dagblad and in several international books, magazines and publications. In 1970 she began making art. [4]

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Her collection of interviews 1978–1987 with Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, the Dalai Lama, Robert Filliou, Sogyal Rinpoche, David Bohm, Rupert Sheldrake, Francisco Varela, Nam June Paik and Harish Johari came out in German as Schreiben als Plastik in 1992 and was published in English as Writing as Sculpture in 1996.

In 1990, Louwrien Wijers initiated her mental sculpture Art meets Science and Spirituality in a changing Economy, five days of panel meetings at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. It brought together artists, scientists, spiritual leaders and economists; Robert Rauschenberg, David Bohm, the Dalai Lama and Stanislav Menshikov in Panel 1. John Cage, Ilya Prigogine, Huston Smith and Friedrich 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 and Johan Witteveen in Panel 5. [5] Her accurate transcripts of all five panel meetings are published in Art meets Science and Spirituality in a changing Economy / From Competition to Compassion, Academy Editions, 1996.

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References

  1. "Louwrien Wijers". Louwrien Wijers. Egon Hanf. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. "S.o.L. - Louwrien Wijers". rongwrong. rongwrong. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  3. "Lecturers: Louwrien Wijers". Higher Institute for Fine Arts. Higher Institute for Fine Arts. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  4. "Louwrien Wijers". Louwrien Wijers. Egon Hanf. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. "TIME DOCUMENT Art meets Science and Spirituality in a changing Economy, compiled by Louwrien Wijers". louwrienwijers. EgonHanf. Retrieved 9 October 2020.