Erik-Jan van der Schuur

My artistic expression relates to this World, origin of humankind, religion, death, injustice and my thoughts about these subjects. How does mankind comprehend it, what’s my part in this and how do I think about it? This subject matter Religion, human nature and societal events are going to be combined, criticized, approached and tackled. The combination of these themes is logic. Everything has a connection; religion is often linked to death and as such has an impact on mankind, our society and history. That it also can be placed into societal events or to wider societal emotions like: aggression or hate. We are confronted with aggression and hate every day and it has taken place from the origins of mankind and continues until this day. Questions are made to consider: Why does this take place, why is it in the system of humans/why is it in our nature, where does evil come from and where is its origin in the Bible? What I want to achieve is to be placed as someone who does versatile 2d disciplines like: drawing, painting, etching and stop motion. Bringing all the disciplines together in a room or in combination in an image is something I want to achieve, want to learn from and try to explore.