Elly Strik
° 1961
Lives in Brussels (BE), born in The Hague (NL).
Elly Strik works with charcoal, graphite, chalk, ink, oil paint and lacquer. She makes impressively large drawings, of around two by three meters in size.The large format makes the work seem very close-by, drawing encloses the viewer, as it were. Strik mainly produces portraits, of herself and people around her. She draws inspiration from her enormous photographic collection, generally of her own making. By looking at this sort of image, a new work oftimes acquires shape. The drawing reflects the moment of memory, of re-experience. Her own mood is thus very important in the genesis of a work. Most of these portraits are psychological portraits, as well: they show the inner person.
Works
>Elly Strik, Untitled, 1997.Painting, oil, lacquer, paper, 300 x 205 cm.
>Elly Strik, Portrait of myself, 1998.Painting, paper, oil, lacquer, 300 x 205 cm.
>Elly Strik, Portrait of myself, 1998.Painting, paper, oil, lacquer, 300 x 205 cm.
>Elly Strik, Elly Strik, 1999.Book, ink, paper, 34 x 24 cm, language : Dutch, French, English, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, ISBN : 90-728-05-4.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: Elly Strik. 29 January 1999 - 11 April 1999.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Tracés. Similarities and dissonants. 01 March 2012 - 31 March 2012.
> Exhibition: The collection XX: Jubilee. Who's got the Big Picture?. 29 June 2007 - 18 November 2007.
> Exhibition: The collection XXVIII – If you shoot a bullet in a vacuum, will it keep travelling forever? (Emily Wardill). 17 June 2011 - 18 September 2011.
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> Ensemble: An Architecture for Art - Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys.
> Ensemble: Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap.
> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_PUBLICATIONS.
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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
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> Ensemble: Portraits of Myself.