Jacques Louis Nyst

Jacques Louis Nyst (* 1942 in Liège ; † 1995 ) was a Belgian video artist .

life and work

Jacques Louis Nyst was born in Liège in 1942. He studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Liège , where he later taught as a professor of drawing and video art.

In the roles of "Professor Codca" and "Thérèsa Plane" ("J'ai la tête qui tourne / My Head is Spinning" (1984), "Hyaloïde" (1985) and "l'Image / The Image" from 1987) Jacques Louis Nyst led philosophical, often witty, intellectual discourses with his wife, the video artist Danièle Nyst (1942–1998) . The couple lived and worked in Sprimont in the province of Liège .

Exhibitions (selection)

The works of Jacques Louis Nyst and Danièle Nyst have been exhibited internationally. Mention should be made: documenta 8 , Kassel, Musée d'Art Moderne, Liège; Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam; Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles , Brussels; Tokyo International Film Festival , Tokyo; São Paulo Biennial , São Paulo; Museum of Modern Art , New York; Center Georges Pompidou , Paris; The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal; Paris Biennale , Paris.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog page 319; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5
2. ↑ Transmediale Jacques Louis Nyst , accessed on August 7, 2015 (English).
3. ↑ Electronic Arts Intermix Danièle and Jacques Louis Nyst ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on August 7, 2015 
4. ↑ argosart Danièle Nyst , accessed on August 7, 2015 (English).