Louwrien Wijers interviews Beuys and the Dalai Lama

Series of two publications with text and b/w ills. published by Jan Brand/ Kantoor voor Cultuur in Velp. Softcovers, each 20.5 x 15 cm, 110/192 pp. (1) Joseph Beuys talks to Louwrien Wijers, 1980. First edition of 750 copies, 110 pp. Wijers interviewed Beuys at his studio in Düsseldorf. (2) His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet talks to Louwrien Wijers, 1982. First edition of 2000 copies. Interview with the Dalai Lama recorded at his palace in the Indian Himalayas. Both books in very good state. (3-4) Added are two promotional sheets for the publications made by Wijers, printed on blue and yellow sheets. (total 4)

Louwrien Wijers (b. 1941) is a Dutch artist and writer. She was involved with the Fluxus movement and worked with Joseph Beuys from 1968 through 1986. In 1990, she organized 'Art meets Science and Spirituality in a Changing Economy', a renown conference uniting scientists, economists, thinkers, and artists including the Dalai Lama, John Cage, Lawrence Weiner and Marina Abramovic.