Esra van den Berg

a desk with found materials On the foreground in the right bottom corner there is a wooden desk holding two open books, some drawings, small glass bottles, small wooden drawers, a mortar and pestle, a small plant in a ceramic pot and a silver plate with dead bugs. In the background on the left out of focus is a brick fireplace with a wooden cabinet. The doors of the cabinet are almost closed. On the ground next to the cabinet is a monstera plant, a pile of books and clay skull. On the right of the fireplace is a set of yellow doors opening to a closet.
a close up of a desk with found materials On the foreground in the right bottom corner there is a wooden desk holding two open books, some drawings, small glass bottles, small wooden drawers, a mortar and pestle, a small plant in a ceramic pot and a silver plate with dead bugs. In the background on the left out of focus is a brick fireplace with a wooden cabinet. The doors of the cabinet are almost closed. On the ground next to the cabinet is a monstera plant, a pile of books and clay skull. On the right of the fireplace is a set of yellow doors opening to a closet. On the top right is an open information book with some text and a picture of an old books showing insects. Below the book are two pieces of paper with rough edges. One shows a pen drawing of a skull with text above it in an unknown language. The other piece of paper has only text in the same unknown language. In the top left corner lays another piece of paper with a pen drawing of a dead frog. a close up of a desk with found materials a close up of a desk with found materials a close up of a desk with found materials a close up of a desk with found materials a close up of a desk with found scraps of fabric

Title:

Working Space of the Outsider

Date:

date 2023 – Alive

Size:

± 170 x 160 x 170 cm

Material:

Found and created objects made of clay, wood, fabric, metal, leather, paper, glass, water colours

Details:

Working Space started in my first solo exhibition at school and is a vital part of my art practice. It hints to a human being, researching, studying, learning, and it hints to another world beyond our reach and knowledge.