Julien Friedler (born 1950), a writer and contemporary artist, is the leading figure in the visual art movement known as Be art. Friedler was born in 1950 in Brussels.

Contents

• 1 Early life and career
• 2 Literature
• 3 Visual work
• 4 *ociation
• 5 Bibliography
• 6 References
• 7 External links
• 8 Books about Julien Friedler

Early life and career

Friedler spent his childhood and adolescence in Brussels. He earned university degrees in philosophy at La Sorbonne and ethnography at the Université Libre of Brussels. He then studied psycho*ysis in Paris, following the post-structuralist theories of Jacques Lacan, while starting a personal psycho*ysis with Lacan. He had wide-ranging interests and subsequently trained in jewellery design. In the 1990s he established "La Moire" in Brussels, an ins*ute to promote an interdisciplinary approach within the psycho*ytic field. He aimed to break through the constraints of cl*ical psycho*ysis but encountered considerable resistance and ultimately left the psycho*ytical milieu.

Friedler began his artistic career in 1994. He was entirely self-taught but his insight into the human character and a fascination for the unknown led him to start painting. Through his art, he confronted postmodern contemporary society and the events of the second half of the 20th century. He emerged as a charismatic visionary taking a holistic approach while creating an organic microcosm, the World of Boz.

Literature

During his career, Friedler wrote numerous articles and books which earned critical acclaim in the psycho*ytic field. In 2003 he set out to write an epic literary work en*led The Book of Boz. The Book of Boz is simultaneously a novel and a work of poetry, written mostly as a dialogue. The story unfolds in the 20th century, in the present, and in a fic*ious future. The main characters are three clowns: Jack Balance, Friedler himself, and the Mirror Man.

Visual work

Some of Friedler's paintings are done in a neo-expressionist style. Others feature shamanic stick figures that glow with inner energy or are lined with quasi-primitive symbols resembling Egyptian hieroglyphs; in particular, "The Word of Angels" depicts Friedler's self-conceived language whereby the artist refers to primeval myths that honor the connection between the supernatural and the profane as a theme. The youthful language of graffiti also appears in some works.

Much of Friedler's work contains biographical references, but these are often ambiguous. In order to understand Friedler's work it is necessary to understand some of the significant events in the artist's history and life, such as the Shoah and May 1968. The artist's visual work takes a central place in The Book of Boz and in the book he is forced to ultimately present his art to a wider audience and simultaneously confront the contemporary international art scene.

*ociation

In 2008 Friedler created a contemporary art *ociation called Spirit of Boz, which coordinates the Be Boz Be Art programme. This programme involves cultural and artistic projects conceived explicitly as art "for and by the m*es". Friedler operates within his *ociation, rather than be part of the art scene, and in doing so aims to make art accessible for a wide audience and in areas where art is least expected or entirely out of place. In that context art is used as a vehicle for improving social cohesion.

Bibliography

• Mosaïque (1982) ISBN:2-86705-006-5
• L'ombre du rabbin (1985) ISBN:2-86705-043-X
• Psych*yse et neurosciences:: La Légende du Boiteux (1995) ISBN:2-13-046909-4
• L'ivrogne (1998) ISBN:2-912668-04-2
• Tiresias (1998) ISBN:2-85446-246-7
• L'œil d'Œdipe (2004) ISBN:2-13-054060-0
• Le Livre du Boz, 2013 ISBN:9782363360885
• Voyage, 2014 ISBN:9782363361493
• La Vérité du Labyrinthe, 2016 ISBN:9782363362711
• La Parole des Anges, 2018 ISBN:9791097042134
• Behind The World, 2018 ISBN:9791097042165
• Les Fondamentaux, 2020 ISBN:9791097042523
• Mapping, 2020 ISBN:9791097042387
• I Fondamentali, 2021 ISBN:9791097042745

References

External links

• Official Website Julien Friedler
• Official Website Spirit Of Boz
• Photos taken by Sonia Bressler in the Brussels artist's studio
• Reading notes in French on "Psycho*ysis and neuroscience" written by Julien Friedler
• Julien Friedler dealer d'utopies

Books about Julien Friedler

• Norbert Hillaire, Double vue, 50 fragments pour Julien Friedler ISBN:2757205455
• Sonia Bressler, Julien Friedler, métaphysique de l'errance ISBN:2363360818
• Sonia Bressler, Julien Friedler, une vie d'Art ISBN:9791097042219