Marlis Jermutus
| Marlis Jermutus | |
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 Marlis-Jermutus-3-3-2013-photo-by-Rasa.jpg Jermutus, working in her studio in Massachusetts, March 3, 2013. | |
| Born | May 14, 1942 Wesel, West Germany |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Style | abstract art and meditative music |
| Movement | Abstract expressionism |
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Marlis Jermutus, also known simply as Ma is a German abstract expressionist artist, musician and author.
Life and work[edit]
Marlis Jermutus was born in the West German town of Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1942. She began her professional career as an artist in 1970. From 1973 to 1993 she exhibited her art in Germany and Ireland, and after moving to the United States she has exhibited her art in Massachusetts and California.[1][2][3][4]
She began her career in the fine arts by painting abstract impressions of the Rhine region, and gradually moved towards Abstract Expressionism, in part, she says, through the influence of Eastern philosophy and new ideas in quantum physics and the social sciences.[3] She writes,
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I made this ink drawing in 1983. For me, it represents that part of my style that art critic Claus Sautter described as "calligraphic landscapes."
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Dancing on the River – from the series Nature Spirits (1995–2000) 6.5” X 14” watercolors on silk – 1996 – Artist: Marlis Jermutus
From this point on my peaceful abstract landscapes totally disappeared. Now, as if coming organically out of the canvas, I began to paint with fast simple strokes totally without thinking. These appeared as calligraphic landscapes. I realized from the very start that I was conscious of painting some of the most basic forms in nature, the quantum particles and waves that define a duality paradox at the heart of our existence. When examining the smallest parts of our universe in a laboratory, scientists discovered that when looking at a single photon, wave measuring machines always see a wave, while particle measuring machines always see a particle. I came to realize that someone looking at my art with their particular lens alternately sees matter forming or energy moving in the abstract calligraphy of particles and waves.[3][4]
Jermutus studied with German portrait artist Rigo, and credits Joseph Beuys as a major influence, primarily in how they both reacted as artists to the social and political state of Germany after WWII.[3]
In 1991 she was asked to be the Artistic Director for the World Religion Festival “The Power of Vision,“ commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall, Berlin-Potsdam.[5][4]
The Robert Anton Wilson Trust credits Jermutus as an "Agent of Change" in their RAWnet listing for her promotion of Model Agnosticism and Maybe Logic, and for her friendship with the author and his wife.[6][7]
In 2016, Jermutus was interviewed and featured in a docudrama by German radio journalist Maximilian Netter about the ideas of Robert Anton Wilson. The program was produced by ARD, German public radio, and aired on January 24, 2017.[8][9][10]
As a musician, she plays the Tanpura with the music group Starseed.[11][12][3] Her autobiography, From Now to Now, was published in 2011, by Pelorian Digital.[4] In 2014 the Siskiyou Arts Museum in Dunsmuir, California presented a Marlis Jermutus 44 year retrospective "Evolving Exploration of Color and Form, 1970 – 2014" [3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ “’Liberty Arts announcement for "Luigi & Marlis" exhibition”
- ↑ “’Siskiyou Daily News article on "Luigi & Marlis" exhibition”
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 “Marlis Jermutus 44 year Retrospective article at Siskiyou Arts Museum website”
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 “From Now to Now by Marlis Jermutus”
- ↑ “’The Power of Visions" Festival in Potsdam and Berlin in 1991”
- ↑ “’Interview with Marlis Jermutus at rawillumination.net”
- ↑ “’The RAWnet page at The Robert Anton Wilson Trust's Hilaritas Press”
- ↑ “’Maximilian Netter’s “Operation Mindfuck, Robert Anton Wilson zwischen Erleuchtung und Verschwörung” aired on radio.ARD.de – announcement on ARD.de” (in German)
- ↑ “’Maximilian Netter interviewed Marlis Jermutus in Santa Cruz, California for his documentary on Robert Anton Wilson – article from rawillumination.net”
- ↑ “’Transcript of Maximilian Netter’s docudrama, “Operation Mindfuck, Robert Anton Wilson zwischen Verschwörung und Erleuchtung” – from Deutschlandfunk.de”
- ↑ 2007 interview on BBS radio"
- ↑ ‘’Starseed Music website“
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