Lili Dujourie

Lili Dujourie (born 1941) is a Flemish visual artist.^[1]

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]

Exhibitions and installations

• Galerie DAAD, Berlin, 1991^[3]
• Iron, paaster and wood,Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain, 1992^[4]
• Centro Andaluz de Arte Comptemporaneo, 2004^[5]
• Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, 2005^[5]
• Clay Works, Galerie Erna Hecey, Brussel, 2007^[6]
• Nature's Lore, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2011^[1]

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