Erik Timmermans
Creator
Erik Timmermans
Meet… Erik Timmermans.
Erik from Amsterdam is a painter, illustrator and also has a passion for writing. In 2019 he wrote a book about the German Democratic Republic (GDR). “I became fascinated by the stories of citizens from the disappeared country.” He wanted to capture all the stories in images and thereby show that the association with a communist country, such as the GDR, requires nuance. He makes both conceptual and figurative work that results in paintings and objects. Is the work cubist, figurative or conceptual? The viewer can say it.
Creative vision on panels
In the most recent series of paintings, Erik uses elements of the prefabricated gray flats from the former GDR to build new, more colorful facade structures. The story behind the facades is at least as important as the image itself. “There is tension between representation and meaning”
Erik from Amsterdam is a painter, illustrator and also has a passion for writing. In 2019 he wrote a book about the German Democratic Republic (GDR). “I became fascinated by the stories of citizens from the disappeared country.” He wanted to capture all the stories in images and thereby show that the association with a communist country, such as the GDR, requires nuance. He makes both conceptual and figurative work that results in paintings and objects. Is the work cubist, figurative or conceptual? The viewer can say it.
Creative vision on panels
In the most recent series of paintings, Erik uses elements of the prefabricated gray flats from the former GDR to build new, more colorful facade structures. The story behind the facades is at least as important as the image itself. “There is tension between representation and meaning”