Willem de Ridder papers, 1957-2019

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Willem de Ridder papers, 1957-2019

1957-2019

Contains materials relating to Willem de Ridder's career as an artist and involvement with the international art community Fluxus.

11.15 linear feet(12 boxes)

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11621133

Houghton Library

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Fluxus (Group of artists)

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Fluxus is an international and interdisciplinary group of artists, composers, designers and poets that took shape in the 1960s and 1970s, founded by artist Willem de Ridder. Dutch gallerist and art critic Harry Ruhé describes Fluxus as "the most radical and experimental art movement of the sixties". Fluxus is known for experimental contributions to different artistic media and disciplines. Fluxus is also known for generating art forms that were new when Fluxus artists created them. These art for...

Sprinkle, Annie, 1954-

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Annie Sprinkle is a sexologist, sex educator, artist former sex worker, pornographic film actress, and television host. She worked with Willem de Ridder as an artist and was involved with the artist community he founded, Fluxus....

Ridder, Willem de, 1939-

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Born in 1939, Willem de Ridder is a Dutch artist and founder of the international artist group Fluxus. Fluxus was a group of artists, composers, designers, and poets who carried out experimental art perfomances, often emphasizing artistic process and concept over finished artwork. Fluxus members explored different artistic media and disciplines, including intermedia, radio, sound, and video works, and are sometimes seen to conceptual artists. Some of the work types created by Fluxus include Neo-...