A Film evening work from Erik van Lieshout. A’dam/Xiamen; Happening/Performance.

Erik van Lieshout (1968, Deurne, The Netherlands) is a Dutch artist whose projects are multi-media installations encompassing video presented in specially built video rooms/installations, often encircled by collages of drawings and paintings. In his work van Lieshout addresses 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.

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