Mijmeringen over kunst, lichaam en religie

text and images Arent Weevers foreword Aaron Rosen

There is more imagination in theology than you might think, and in art you will find more traces of God than you might suspect. That is the discovery of media artist and theologian Arent Weevers. For him, art and theology are the two bosoms of one heart. Weevers’ internationally acclaimed interactive installations, 2D and 3D stereoscopic and holographic art works reflect this journey of discovery. In this book they are discussed in a special way by connoisseurs and critics, and by Weevers himself. Mijmeringen provides a deepening and extremely personal insight into the work and motivations of a human-oriented and transcendent-oriented artist.

The book consists of ten chapters about ten works of art. Prof. dr. dr. Aaron Rosen, an American specialist in the field of art and religion, kicks off with a foreword. The chapters are made up of four short articles: an expert’s consideration of a work of art, the ‘how and why’ a particular work of art was created and thematic articles related to the work, such as: care for nature, physicality, suffering, painful beauty, desire, sources of inspiration, relationships and death.

An American English version of this book will also be published in 2022 entitled Musings, About Art, Body and Religion.

Arent Weevers exhibits in The Netherlands and abroad, including in Germany, Spain, Argentina, China and the United States. He also works for the Protestant Church in Deventer as a student pastor at the Saxion Hogescholen, and he is a pastor at the Protestant Church in Hengelo.

With contributions from Aaron Rosen, Petran Kockelkoren, René Kok, Joost de Wal, Wouter Prins, Annette Doms, Ludger Phanz, Anikó Ouweneel-Tóth, Ingrid de Zwart and David Dramm.

Dutch and English

format 170 x 240 mm size 136 pages softcover design Frederik de Wal release November NUR 642 ISBN NL 978-94-6226-422-9 ISBN EN 978-94-6226-423-6 € 28,00