Willem de Ridder (14 October 1939[3] – 29 December 2022) was a Dutch anarchist[4] and artist, known as a founder of Fluxus.[5] He was the foremost Fluxus member in the Netherlands. He showed and sold Fluxus works in his gallery, Amstel 47, and shops Fluxshop and European Mail-Order Warehouse. He organized Dutch Fluxus festivals with Wim T. Schippers in 1963 and 1964.[3]
Willem de Ridder | |
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 de Ridder in 1968 | |
| Born | October 14, 1939[1] 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands[2] |
| Died | December 29, 2022 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | Fluxus |
De Ridder's Amsterdam club, Provadya, was a center for the city's counterculture.[6]
He graduated from the Academy of Arts in Den Bosch. After finishing his studies, he decided to stop painting.[7]
He was part of the Sexual Egalitarian and Libertarian Fraternity (SELF), a group that edited Suck: The First European Sex Paper and organized the first international erotic film festival, the Wet Dream Festival.[8] He later influenced Annie Sprinkle.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Pakrammel". Concertzender. 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ de Ridder, Willem (November 2, 2016). "Fluxus Tales". Flash Art. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
- ^ a b Muller, Sheila D. (July 4, 2013). "Fluxus". Dutch Art: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 140–141. ISBN 978-1-135-49574-9.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (April 27, 1997). "The Pleasure Seekers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ Dunning, Jennifer (November 3, 1994). "DANCE REVIEW; Nude Cellist and Video Chaos, in Reprise". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ "Prog's: never-Netherlands". Record Collector. No. 430. August 2014. pp. 32–. ISSN 0261-250X. Gale A404271428.
- ^ "www.willemderidder.com - De Willem de Ridder website". www.willemderidder.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ Gorfinkel, Elena (2006). "Wet Dreams: Erotic Film Festivals of the Early 1970s and the Utopian Sexual Public Sphere". Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media. 47 (2): 59–86. doi:10.1353/frm.2006.0012. ISSN 0306-7661. JSTOR 41552463. Gale A159028320.
- ^ Kostelanetz, Richard (November 15, 2018). "Annie Sprinkle". A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes. Taylor & Francis. pp. 891–892. ISBN 978-1-351-26710-6.
Further reading
edit- Heidenry, John (March 22, 2002). What Wild Ecstasy. Simon and Schuster. pp. 141–. ISBN 978-0-7432-4184-7.
- Ruhé, Harry; Dekeukeleire, Jeannette (2017). The Adventures of Willem de Ridder. CultClub Edition. ISBN 978-90-812458-8-3.
- "Willem de Ridder". Contemporary Music Review. 25 (5/6): 397. October 2006. doi:10.1080/07494460600989721. ISSN 0749-4467. EBSCOhost 23479883.
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