Erik van Lieshout
audiovisueel - collage - documentair - installatie
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.