Midi de l'Art: Bernd Lohaus - Sculptures and Collages

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Bernd Lohaus was born in 1940 in Düsseldorf (Germany) and died in 2010 in Antwerp (Belgium). Initially trained in classical sculpture, he became Joseph Beuys' student at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts. In 1964, after meeting art historian Anny De Decker, who became his partner, he settled in Antwerp. He developed the action-sculpture principle, participated in happenings, and co-founded the Wide White Space gallery, hosting the international avant-garde. Bernd Lohaus continued his solo work, creating assemblies with beams, often using raw wood, stone, and paper. He sometimes engraved words or fragments of text on wood, connecting his work to both plastic and poetic research. His work has been exhibited in numerous European museums, including MUHKA, FRAC Nord-Pas de-Calais, the Pinault Collection in Venice, and Établissements d'en face in Brussels.