Negen Muzen, Ceramic Vases, Stadhuis Almere

Ceramic Vases City Hall Almere, 1986/1987 is one of Berend Strik's earliestworks in the collection, documenting the ceramic vase collection displayed inAlmere's City Hall.

This early work already shows the hallmarks of Strik's practice: thecombination of photography with textile intervention, the interest ininstitutional and civic spaces, and the transformation of formal imagerythrough handmade additions.

The ceramic vases — objects that bridge craft and design, function andaesthetics — become subjects for Strik's investigation into how objects carrymeaning. By adding textile layers to the photographic image of these vases,Strik creates a layered conversation between different artistic traditions:photography, ceramics, and textile art.

The pairing of Almere's City Hall ceramics from 1986/1987 with a 2026 CityHall photograph suggests a long-standing relationship between Strik and thisparticular civic institution — a documented engagement spanning nearly fourdecades.

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