Internal Balance
About the piece
Internal Balance (2016) by Berend Strik addresses the concept of equilibrium within the self — the psychological and physical balance that humans constantly seek to maintain.
Balance is both a physical concept (not falling over) and a psychological one (mental health, equilibrium). Strik's textile interventions into images can be seen as acts of balancing — adding weight to one part of an image to create visual and conceptual equilibrium.
The internal nature of this balance is significant: it is not about external appearance but about the unseen, internal state of being. This connects to Strik's practice of revealing internal states through external additions — making the invisible visible.
Balance is also a formal principle in art — the distribution of visual weight across a composition. Strik's stitched photographs achieve a distinctive balance between the flat photographic ground and the dimensional textile additions.
Sources: Galerie Fons Welters
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