Willem de Ridder
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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) |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | Fluxus |
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]
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]
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