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Jan Yoors
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Born in Antwerp to a pair of liberal, pacifist parents (his father was also the famed stained-glass artist, Eugeen Yoors) Jan Yoors' work in painting, sculpture, photography, film, writing, and tapestry reflect the ethos of a life that was colorful, bold, and full of humanity. By the time Yoors was 12 years old, he had run off to travel with a Gypsy tribe in Belgium and by the time World War II broke out, the artist worked with the Allies to help persecuted Gypsies—an endeavor that landed him in jail twice. In 1950, Yoors moved to New York City with his wife Marianne and her friend Annebert. Having developed an interest in tapestries while enrolled at the School of African and Oriental Studies at London University, Yoors constructed a 15-foot vertical loom in his studio, where the three (Jan, Yoors, and Marianne) collaborated on woven works. By the 1960s, Yoors began to deepen his interest in photography and film. In 1963, he directed the feature-length documentary "Only One New York," which documented New York City's rich, ethnic diversity.
His work has been exhibited and collected by major galleries and institutions internationally, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Montclair Art …
Born in Antwerp to a pair of liberal, pacifist parents (his father was also the famed stained-glass artist, Eugeen Yoors) Jan Yoors' work in painting, sculpture, photography, film, writing, and tapestry reflect the ethos of a life that was colorful, bold, and full of humanity. By the time Yoors was 12 years old, he had run off to travel with a Gypsy tribe in Belgium and by the time World War II broke out, the artist worked with the Allies to help persecuted Gypsies—an endeavor that landed him in jail twice. In 1950, Yoors moved to New York City with his wife Marianne and her friend Annebert. Having developed an interest in tapestries while enrolled at the School of African and Oriental Studies at London University, Yoors constructed a 15-foot vertical loom in his studio, where the three (Jan, Yoors, and Marianne) collaborated on woven works. By the 1960s, Yoors began to deepen his interest in photography and film. In 1963, he directed the feature-length documentary "Only One New York," which documented New York City's rich, ethnic diversity.
His work has been exhibited and collected by major galleries and institutions internationally, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Montclair Art Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Craft, and The American Museum of Natural History. In 2012, the FeliXart Museum in Brussels organized the first retrospective of Yoors' work since his death. He has written several books on the lives of Gypsys in Europe, a journal of survival and resistance in World War II, and New York City's diversity.
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