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  Pierre Mertens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pierre Mertens (born October 9, 1939) is a Belgian French-speaking writer and lawyer who specializes in international law, director of the Centre de sociologie de la littérature at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and literary critic with the newspaper Le Soir.
Mertens is particularly marked by the activities of his parents, his father a journalist and music lover and his mother a biologist and pianist.
Mertens often sees his country as a synthesis of Europe and its problems.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pierre_Mertens   (405 words)

  
 Pierre Mertens Artist Statement - Free Artist Portfolio at absolutearts.com
This is the way Pierre Mertens exhibited with an Alzheimer patient in a retirement home, in the problem areas of the Antwerp suburb Borgerhout and the courthouse in Cambrai (F).
Pierre Mertens asked himself the question “ how much influence does the context have in the perception of a work of art”.
Pierre Mertens sees this as a self criticism of the art scene, seeking more art which is connected to life.
www.absolutearts.com /portfolios/p/pierremertens/artist_statement.html   (779 words)

  
 List of installations
Pierre Mertens placed dried pigs ears on the wall as an image of a paranoid prisoner.
Pierre Mertens' father was a lawyer and judge at the end of his career.
It is the counterpoint of the still-life "robe of lawyer".
www.targetfound.nl /listofinstallations.htm   (1150 words)

  
 PM - Dutch doctors admit infant euthanasia
Pierre Mertens' daughter was a victim of spina bifida.
PIERRE MERTENS: And in all these debate, words are always used wrongly.
PIERRE MERTENS: Yes, but this is something that parents make their decision on the information they get.
www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2005/s1377030.htm   (941 words)

  
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Through "Ruins for the Future," Mertens is challenging the existence of actualities in time and space, by including options for the user to view the artworks in various detail, and even order postcards and other "tourist" paraphernalia if so desired.
As Mertens says, "Nobody believes in the future here, everybody works simply to survive." These ruins are located in a region of the Valley that is not frequented by tourists and isn't reported in guidebooks or tourist maps.
Global political and economical powers are being forced upon areas of Peru, including the Arqueipa Valley and Mertens saw this geographical area as an opportunity for a major project to be born.
www.ontherundesign.com /Artists/Pierre_Mertens.htm   (611 words)

  
 The International federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (IF). 2005-10-17. “Press release IF: ‘Dutch ...
Pierre Mertens, President of the International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, had a meeting on Monday 10 October 2005 with Dr. de Jong and Dr. Kompanje, who both have doubts about the appropriateness of Dr. Verhagen’s “Groningen Protocol in the case of spina bifida (cf.
Pierre Mertens, Dr. Rob de Jong and Dr. Erwin Kompanje agree that the choice of the parents is primordial in the process of having a disabled child.
Options include: prenatal screening and abortion, and once the baby is born to treat or not to treat its disorder.
www.independentliving.org /docs7/if20051017.html   (894 words)

  
 Pierre Mertens - Wikipédia
Pierre Mertens (né le 9 octobre 1939) est un écrivain belge de langue française, juriste, spécialiste du droit international, directeur du Centre de sociologie de la littérature à l'Université Libre de Bruxelles et critique littéraire au journal Le Soir.
Influencé par Franz Kafka, Mertens commence à publier romans et nouvelles en 1969 et reçoit le Prix Médicis en 1987 pour Les Éblouissements.
Mertens déclencha la controverse et le battage médiatique dans son pays avec son livre Une paix royale, publié en 1995.
fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pierre_Mertens   (577 words)

  
 ArtBoomer.com - Pierre Mertens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In his art Pierre Mertens (Antwerp, B.1953) mainly intervenes on ordinary objects, in situ.
He analyses daily reality and subsequently makes subtle interventions, to influence the banality, to weaken and to add a new poetry, coloured by his own personality and interpretation.
He hides and at the same time accentuates- reality, by isolating it in photography or by changing its context.
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 Amazon.ca: Perdre: Books: Pierre Mertens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Une implacable et troublante mise à nu de nos désirs et manières d'aimer qui constitue sans aucun doute l'un des plus beaux romans de Pierre Mertens.
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Thèmes > Littérature > Littérature française > Auteurs de M à Q > Mertens, Pierre
www.amazon.ca /Perdre-Pierre-Mertens/dp/2020555336   (275 words)

  
 BookHq: Voet aan de grond : roman by Pierre Mertens ( 9022309541 )
BookHq: Voet aan de grond : roman by Pierre Mertens (9022309541)
Made with superfine drawing paper & hand stitched with archival quality linen.
The 10-digit ISBN# is typically found on the back of your book.
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 Pierre Mertens Other Artwork - Artist Portfolio at absolutearts.com
Pierre Mertens Other Artwork - Artist Portfolio at absolutearts.com
Here you will find more artwork by Pierre Mertens.
Last Updated: Thu 06 May 2004 02:59:45 PM EDT
www.absolutearts.com /portfolios/p/pierremertens/additional-artwork   (27 words)

  
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Shadowlight by Pierre Mertens - 9781870015509 - Orion Books
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Orion Publishing Group, Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin's Lane, London, WC2H 9EA
www.orionbooks.co.uk /MP-17731/Shadowlight.htm   (60 words)

  
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