For Art Rotterdam 2025, the galleries Noah Klink (Berlin)  and Marian van Zijlllanghout (Amsterdam) present a selection of recent paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by the dutch artist Joep van Liefland in an installative setting.

Joep van Liefland was born in the Netherlands and has been living in Berlin since the mid-1990s after finishing his studies at Utrecht University. He has been investigating the influence and transformative aspects of technology, video, sci-fi, and other subcultures, creating a unique and complex body of work.

The artist’s approach is marked by an interdisciplinary use of media, where he employs a diverse range of materials and forms—painting, sculpture, assemblage, and installations—often using obsolete technology as the raw material for his art. By elevating VHS cassettes, video sleeves, cables, and even television sets to the status of monumental objects through large-scale silk-screen paintings or bronze casts, he transforms these discarded relics into symbols of technological evolution.

In his recent paintings, Joep van Liefland takes his exploration of technology to a new level, specifically engaging with the electronic light and color schemes of modern LED, television and smartphone displays. The luminous quality of the paintings reminisce the metaphysical qualities of light in classical art.

His critical engagement with technology is informed not only by the rapid pace of technological development but also by the way this development alters how we store, consume, and relate to information. The act of preserving and distributing of information, and the disappearance of physical formats in favor of digital mediums are central themes in van Liefland’s work. He uses technology as a mirror to explore our own impermanence, questioning how we, like obsolete devices, might be discarded or forgotten over time, or maybe can be preserved in some other form.