Lili Dujourie

Lili Dujourie (born 1941, Ghent, Belgium) is a Flemish visual artist who works primarily in sculptures, paintings, and video.^[1] She has held numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1968 and continues to make art today.

Career

The mediums Dujourie works in include clay, collage paper, iron, lead, marble, photo, plaster, velvet and video. Her work establishes a rational and tactile experience for the viewer while reflecting a critical view on subjects in art history.^[2] Dujourie personifies the sexuality within her materials, displaying the performative dimension of the artwork. She focuses on what her work is doing externally, rather than simplifying it, giving the ornamental elements of her work a central role. Her subjects center around time, the change between the figurative and the abstract, the sensation of gloominess and searching for an emotional aspect of space.^[1]

Nature's Lore

Dujourie's work was exhibited in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía from June to September in 2011. In this exhibit, Nature's Lore, the works are all from different points in her career which is amplified by the historical dialogue of each piece. The exhibit is more of a simulation rather than a representation because of its theatrical nature.^[1] This exhibit is divided into two parts:

• Series One: Initialen der stilte, is composed of clay objects placed on thin tabletops in the forms of bones, leaves, and roots.^[1]
• Series Two: Composed of small papier-mâché sculptures influenced by the flowers grown in Europe for medicinal purposes.^[1]

Video

Dujourie began to work in video in the 1960s, as an affordable and accessible medium.^[3] Her work in painting and sculpture influenced the composition and conceptual framework of the videos she produced. Working with her body, recording herself mostly in the nude, she made feminist statements on the representation of women.^[3] In most of her videos, Dujourie filmed herself, alone in a room in a single take. The videos were not edited; they existed as a form of performance documentation. She explored and combatted the male gaze by working as the viewed and the viewer, constantly making recordings to find the perfect forms and movement.^[3] Listed are her documented video works:

• Koraal, 1972^[4]
• Hommage à...II, 1972^[5]
• Hommage à...III, 1972^[5]
• Passion, 1972^[6]
• Sanguine, 1972^[7]
• Une tache, 1972
• Sonnet, 1972

Exhibitions and installations

Solo Exhibitions:

• S.M.A.K., Ghent, Folds in Time, 2015^[8]
• Galerie DAAD, Berlin, 1991^[9]
• Galerie Michael Janssen, 2011^[10]
• Iron, plaster and wood, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain, 1992^[11]
• Centro Andaluz de Arte Comptemporaneo, 2004^[12]
• Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, 2005^[12]
• Clay Works, Galerie Erna Hecey, Brussel, 2007^[13]
• Nature's Lore, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2011^[1]

Group Exhibitions:

• Brisure, Belfius Bank, Brussel, Belgium, 2012^[14]
• Vincent Geyskens, UnDEAD, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium, 2012^[10]
• Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, 2012^[10]
• Passie#1, Mu.ZEE, Oostende, Belgium, 2012^[10]
• Paper does not blush, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany, 2012^[14]
• Spirits of Internationalism, 6 European Collections 1956-1986, Van Abbemuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2012^[14]
• Contour on Tour. Videokunst in het Vlaams Parlement, De Loketten, Brussels, Belgium, 2012^[14]
• Pearls of the North, Palais d’Iéna, Paris, France, 2011^[10]
• Le Modèle a Bougé, Beaux-arts Mons, Mons, Belgium, 2011^[10]
• Sleeping Beauties, Kasteel van Gaasbeek, Gaasbeek, Belgium, 2011^[10]
• Collectie XXVIII, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2011^[14]
• Extra Muros: Meesterwerken in het MAS – vijf eeuwen beeld in Antwerpen, Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp, Belgium, 2011^[10]
• Collectie XXVI – De Artefactum jaren, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2010^[10]
• Animism, Extra City-Kunsthal and M HKA, Antwerpen; Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland, 2010^[10]
• Belgian Art, Sem Art Gallery, Monaco, 2010^[10]
• Sobre el futuro de la fuerza colectiva en el context de un archive, Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, 2010
• Belge avant Tout, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France, 2010
• Women Artists Elles@centrepompidou, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 2010
• A Story of the Image, Old & New Masters from Antwerp, Shanghai Art Museum and National Museum of Singapore, 2009
• Ludlow W38, European Kunsthalle Köln, Goethe Institut, New York, USA, 2009
• Rebelle – Art & Feminism 1969-2009, MMKA (Museum for Modern Art Arnhem), Arnhem, The Netherlands, 2009
• Beaufort 03 Triënnale voor hedendaagse kunst, Oostende,Belgium, curated by Philip Van den Bossche, 2009
• Sharjah Biennia 9, United Arab Emirates, 2009
• Argos – Open Lounge, Zur Video-Szene Belgiens der 1970er Jahre bis heute, Villa Merkel, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany, 2009
• Arts Le Havre, Biennale d’Art Contemporain, Le Havre, France, 2008
• Ellipsis, with Chantal Akerman and Francesca Woodman at the Lund Kunsthalle, Sweden, curated by Lynne Cooke, 2008
• Ellipsis, with Chantal Akerman and Francesca Woodman at the Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre, UK, curated by Lynne Cooke, 2008
• Fragilités, TRAFIC FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-les-Rouen, France, 2008
• WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, PS1, New York and MOCA, Los Angeles, USA, curated by Connie Butler, 2008
• 7th Biennale of Gwangjiu, South Korea, curated by Hyunjin Kim and Ranjt Hoskote, 2008
• 2nd Biennale of The Hague, Netherlands, curated by Ger Van Elk and David Perreau, 2008
• 1968 Celbeton, Dendermonde, Belgium 2008
• MOCA, WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, 2007^[14]
• Ellipsis, with Chantal Akerman and Francesca Woodman at the Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico, curated by Lynne Cooke, 2007
• Jubilee: Een verhaal van het beeld, Who’s got the Big Picture?, M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Antwerp, 2007
• Documenta XII, Kassel, Germany, 2007
• Gallery Nelson, 25th Anniversary , Paris, France, 2007
• 49 Nord 6 Est, Frac Lorraine, France, 2006
• THE 1980s - A TOPOLOGY, Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal, 2006
• You won't feel a thing: on panic, obsession, rituality and anesthesia , Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdansk, Poland, 2006
• You won't feel a thing: on panic, obsession, rituality and anesthesia , Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 2005
• Dear ICC - Aspects of contemporary art in Belgium 1970-1985, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst - MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2004^[15]
• Gelijk het leven is, Stedelijke Museum voor Aktuele Kunst - SMAK, Gent, Belgium, 2003
• Grimbergen 2002, Centre culturel, Grimbergen, Belgium. Curated by Luk Lambrecht, 2002
• D’Ensor à Broodthaers, Un siècle de Peinture en Belgique. Toyoma Prefectural Museum of Art, Niigita Municipal Museum of Art, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Oita Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan, 2000
• La Consolation, le Magasin, Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, 1999
• Arterias, Collection of Contemporary Art Fundacio ‘La Caixa’, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden, 1998
• Two hours wide or two hours long, Through Art and Society. The Fascinating Faces of Flanders. 58/98.Centro Cultural de Belèm Lisbon, Portugal and Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium. Curator: Barbara Vanderlinden, 1998
• Maakt Kunst Staat?, Provincial Museum, Hasselt, Belgium, 1997
• Tableaux, MoCa, Miami, USA, 1997
• Trapped Reality, Kunstcentrum Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain – curator Luk Lambrecht, 1997
• P.S. 1, Opening Programme, New York, USA, 1997
• Inside the Visible. An Elliptical Traverse of the 20 th Century. ICA, Boston, USA, Women in the Arts, Washington DC, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth., 1996
• Lili Dujourie, Pepe Espaliu, Cristina Iglesias, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK – curated by John Murphy, 1995
• Gravity’s Angel (Lili Dujourie, Asta Gröting, Cristina Iglesias, Kirsten Ortwed), Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK, 1995
• Four Europeans : Helmut Dorner, Lili Dujourie, Harald Klingelhöller, Juliao Sarmento, Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, USA, 1994
• Trans, Gallery Chantal Crousel, Paris, France, 1994
• Cocido y Crudo, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, 1994
• Future perfect, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, Austria, 1993
• The sublim Void, Koninklijk Museum van Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium (Cat), 1993
• Trésors de voyage, Monastère de l'île San-Lazzaro, Venice, Italy (Cat), 1993
• Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden, 1993
• Accrochage, Gallery Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium, 1993
• Kunst in België na 1980, Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, Brussels, Belgium, 1993
• Joy and Pain, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1992
• Thierry De Cordier, Lili Dujourie, Jan Van Oost, Jan Vercruysse, Gallery Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium, 1992
• Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA, 1991
• Lili Dujourie and Cristina Iglesias at Galerie Locus Solus, Genova, Italy (cat.), 1991
• Inscapes, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (cat.), 1991
• L'art en Belgique / Flandre et Wallonie au XXème siècle, un point de vue, ARC, Paris, France (cat.), 1990
• Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, The Netherlands (cat.), 1990
• Gallery Anton Meier, Genèva, Switzerland, 1990
• Gallery Joost Declercq, Ghent, Belgium, 1990
• Lili Dujourie, Robert Gober, Ulrich Horndash, Juan Munoz, Jan Van Oost, Galeria Comicas, Lisbon, Portugal, 1989
• Die Gegenwart der Vergangenheit, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany, 1989
• Natura Naturata, Josh Baer Gallery, New York, USA (cat.), 1989
• Vanitas, Norwich School of Art Gallery, Norwich, UK (cat), 1988
• Die Grosse Oper, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany (cat.), 1988
• International Sculpture Exhibitions, University of Hawaii, Manoa Art Gallery, Hawaii, USA, 1988
• The Biennale of Sidney Limited, Sydney, Australia (cat.), 1988
• Century 87, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (cat.), 1987
• Openingstentoonstelling MUKHA, Antwerp, Belgium, 1987
• Die Grosse Oper, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (cat.), 1987
• Nachtvuur, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1987
• Rétrospective l'A, Musée d'art moderne, Liège, Belgium (cat.), 1986
• Falls the Shadow, Recent British and European Art, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (cat.), 1986
• Sonsbeek 86, Internationale Sculptuurtentoonstelling, Arnhem, The Netherlands (cat.), 1986
• Initiatief 86, Sint Pietersabdij, Ghent, Belgium (cat.), 1986
• Aperto 86, Biennale of Venice, Italy (cat.), 1986
• Au Coeur du Maelström, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (cat.), 1986
• Guillaume Bijl, Lili Dujourie, Jan Vercruysse, Raoul de Keyser, Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland (cat.), 1986
• A Distanced View, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA (cat.), 1986
• De collectie, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium, 1986
• L'Indifférent, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK (cat.), 1985
• L'Oeil Musicien, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi (cat.), Belgium, 1985
• Dichgans, Dujourie, Dumas, Foxcroft, Kees de Goede, van Hemert, Iglesias, Klingelhöller, Luyten, Muñoz, Porter, Sarmento, Schmidt- HeinsBarbara, Schmidt-Heins Gabriele, Vermeiren, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (cat.), 1985
• Sources, Three Flemish Artists, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (Cat.), 1985
• L’Art et le Temps, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland, 1985
• Lili Dujourie, John Murphy, Jan Vercruysse, Lisson Gallery, London, UK, 1984
• "De Tijd" -Le Temps, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium (cat.), 1984
• Art-Video, Retrospectives & Perspectives, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium, 1983
• Anselmo, Dujourie, Mosta-Heirt, Spaletti, Vermeiren, Galerie Micheline Swajcer, Antwerp, Belgium, 1983
• Hedendaagse Belgische Kunst, Oude Abdij Maagdendaele, Oudenaarde, Belgium, 1982
• Vier Werken, Vereniging voor Aktuele Kunst, Gewad, Ghent, Belgium, 1981
• Videomaart, Videostudio Jan van Eyck, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 1981
• Camere Incantate, Espansione dell'Imagine, Palazzo Real, Milano, Italy (cat.), 1980
• Inzicht / Overzicht, Aktuele Kunst in Belgie, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium, 1979
• Clemente, Dujourie, Grayson, Murphy, Robbins, Vercruysse, Vereniging Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium and / Museum Dhondt- Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium(cat.), 1979
• Ancienne Imprimerie de l'Avenir, Tournai, Belgium (cat.), 1979
• Bonefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 1977
• Lili Dujourie, Guy Mees, Jan Vercruysse: Raapstraat 8, Antwerp, Belgium, 1977
• De Klok, La Cloche, Magasins & Entrepôts Réunis, Antwerp, Belgium (cat.), 1977
• Open Video Encounters, Genova, Italy, 1976
• Open Video Encounters, London, UK, 1976
• Neue Galerie, Aix-la-Chapelle, France, 1976
• Lange Lozanastraat, Antwerp, Belgium, 1975
• Cyac, Third International Open Video Encounter, Ferrara, Italy, 1973
• Cyac, International Video Encounters, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1973
• Guy Mees, Yves De Smedt, Lili Dujourie, Daniel Buren, Celbeton, Dendermonde, Belgium, 1968

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