Jef Cornelis
©Courtesy Argos, Brussels
° 1941
Born in Antwerp (Belgium), lives in Antwerp (Belgium).
Jef Cornelis (1941, Belgium, lives in Antwerp) worked for BRT, Belgian Radio and Television, from 1963 until 1998. He first made documentaries about architecture and urban planning, but from the late 1960s he produces many programmes about contemporary art, offering artists direct access to the television medium. His critical documentaries of large-scale exhibitions such as Harald Szeemann’s Documenta V (1972) are both invaluable documentation and subjectively authored statements. Cornelis also co-founds the A379089 art space in Antwerp, co-ordinated by German curator Kaspar König in 1969–1970, where James Lee Byars, Marcel Broodthaers and other internationally renowned artists stage significant projects.
Works
>Jef Cornelis, James Lee Byars, The World Question Center, 1969.Film, single-channel video, b/w, sound, 01:02:06.
>Jef Cornelis, James Lee Byars, Antwerpen 18 April - 7 Mei 1969, 1969.Video, single-channel video, b/w, sound, 00:32:30.
> Panamarenko, Yves Aupetitallot, Jef Cornelis, 1964-1990 Jef Cornelis, 1991.Book, ink, paper, 29.5 x 19.5 cm, 143 p, language : French, English, publisher : Espace Art Contemporain - Maison de la Culture et de la Communication, Saint-Etienne.
>Jef Cornelis, De Kleuren van de Geest (The Colours of the Mind), 1997.Article, digital betacam , 00:42:39.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: Energy Flash – The Rave Movement. 17 June 2016 - 25 September 2016.
> Exhibition: James Lee Byars: The Perfect Kiss. 05 October 2018 - 20 January 2019.
> Exhibition: Textiles – Art and the Social Fabric. 11 September 2009 - 03 January 2010.
> Exhibition: The collection XXIX – Spirits of Internationalism: 6 European Collections 1956-1986. 20 January 2012 - 29 April 2012.
> Exhibition: The Eightees – A Decade of Extremes. 17 June 2016 - 18 September 2016.
> Exhibition: The World Question Center . 28 November 1969.
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> Ensemble: Boeken & Catalogi [Books & Catalogues].
> Ensemble: Chapter 2: Plural Garments, 1967–1969, New York-Antwerp-Düsseldorf / Hoofdstuk 2: Plural Garments / Chapitre 2: Vêtements pluriels.
> Ensemble: Chapter 3: Question, 1969–1977, Brussels-Mönchengladbach-New York / Hoofdstuk 3: Vraag / Chapitre 3: Question.
> Ensemble: Het Essentiële [The Essential].
> Ensemble: Het Transcendente [The Transcendental].
> Ensemble: The Circle / The Sphere.