Erik van Lieshout

installatie, Documentair, collage, Audiovisueel

Erik van Lieshout (1968, Deurne, NL) studied at Ateliers ’63 (1991-1992) and lives and works in Rotterdam. He exhibits internationally. Raised as a son of two social workers and activists in the 1970’s – travelling with his parents from one demo gathering to the other - he addresses in his work a multitude of contemporary socio-political issues such as multiculturalism, right-wingers, the position of minorities and outsiders as well as the modern consumer society. Van Lieshout looks at these issues from a radically personal point of view, putting himself into the actual environment at hand. By typically not adapting to the general behavior of his surrounding he becomes an active player in the action which causes many humoristic situations but also provokes strong reactions of others. Departing from drawing his projects become multi-media installations encompassing video presented in specially built video rooms/installations, often encircled by collages of drawings and paintings.

**De Gloeiige (The Fen-fire), 2024 -still-** - HD, color, sound, 60 minutes - With the financial support of Het Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch en Mondriaan Fonds - For ‘De Gloeiige (The Fen-fire)’ Erik van Lieshout returns to his birthplace: a former peat harvesting region known as The Deurnese Peel, now a nature reserve in the province of North Brabant in the southwest of the Netherlands which borders an agricultural industrial aerea. There he worked for almost a year (March 2023-December 2023)on an abandoned farm at the address Riet 3. The owner wants to start a rabbit farm to produce antiserum against snake venom, but is waiting for permissions. - The poor soils around Deurne are the setting for issues that are hot topics in Dutch national politics: intensive livestock farming, nitrate pollution, immigration, climate change, housing shortages, agricultural odor nuisance, nature conservation. Van Lieshout strides across farms and talks to local residents and addresses numerous topical issues and sore points. He creates installations that reflect on the history, present and future of the Brabant countryside. Everything serves as artistic inspiration, resulting in sand carpets, egg chains or a giant hay rabbit. Van Lieshout navigates smoothly between struggling farmers, concerned citizens and the occasional big earner. And then there is the vet who breeds rabbits to extract serums against snakebites.- The title refers to a wandering spirit in the folk tales of The Peel: a restless soul who must continue to wander until he has compensated for a mistake during life (cheating with a plot of land, stealing, killing) by doing good. - ‘The Fen-fire’ was first shown, in collaboration with The Noordbrabants Museum, in a barn opposite to Riet 3 to all the persons appearing in the film on June 27th 2024. After that on July 7th 2024 the official museum premiere took place at The Noordbrabants Museum within the exhibition ‘Veranderland’. November 15th 2024 The Fen-fire celebrated it’s festival world premiere in the EYE film museum/Amsterdam as part of the Envision Competition of the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam. - Although the film can be considered as a conclusion, Van Lieshout continues to work in The Peel, keeping track of the changes in land: leaving farmers, empty barns, protests. The hay rabbit still stands at Riet 3.

**Untitled, 2024** - Vinyl on paper 180 x275 cm

**Objects** - Objects made with eggs various sizes - Installation view Anton Kern Gallery-WINDOW-New York, 2024 - detail

**Exhibition view 'René Daniëls', Maureen Paley, London, Studio M, 2022** - two works on canvas Each: Untitled, 2020 - Vinyl and oil paint on canvas - image credit: Mark Blower

**René Daniëls, 2021** - HD, color, sound, 49 minutes - Made possible with the support of Mondrian Fund, Stichting Art Dock, Netherlands Film Fund - exhibition view: Erik van Lieshout and René Daniëls, Museum De Pont, Tilburg, 2021 - image credit: Gunnar Meier

**Untitled, 2021** - Conté crayon on paper - 42 x 59.5 cm image credit: Jhoeko

**Untitled, 2022** - material: Flowers - temporary work - location: Downtown Heerenveen - commissioned by 'Paradys', Oranjewoud, 2022

**Bloemenwapen (Flowers in Arms), 2022** - HD, color, sound, 17 minutes - still - commissioned by 'Paradys', Oranjewoud, 2022

**Beer, 2019** - Wood, vinyl, acrylic, tape, beer bench - video (HD, colour, sound, 35 min) - Installation view exterior - Chapter 1NE by Edson Sabajo and Guillaume Schmidt, Het HEM, Zaandam, 2019

**Works on paper, all Untitled, 2019** - Height of each work: 150 cm - Length variable - Mixed media on paper - Vinyl, conté crayon, marker - Exhibition view: Beer, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, 2019

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