The Answer

The Answer by Berend Strik addresses the fundamental human search for certainty in an ambiguous world. The title poses more questions than it answers: What is the question? Who asks? In what context?

Strik frequently works with titles that create productive ambiguity — titles that suggest meaning without fully determining it. This approach mirrors his visual practice: textile layers added to photographs create new layers of meaning without erasing the original image beneath.

As the artist explains, his process is about "searching for meaning" rather than confirming known answers. The stitched photograph becomes a site for this search — a physical object that rewards sustained attention and invites viewers to bring their own interpretations.

The work's recent date reflects Strik's continued productivity and relevance in contemporary art. Far from being a retrospective artist, he continues to develop new bodies of work through his distinctive stitched photography technique.

Sources: Galerie Fons Welters