Great Activity

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Berend Strik

December 19, 1987

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Invite to the exhibition Great Activity at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

Featured artists: Rob Birza, Theo Crijns, Bart Domburg, De Vier Evangelisten, Fons Haagmans, Gérald Van Der Kaap, Peter Klashorst, Aernout Mik, Marc Mulders, Jan van de Pavert, Tom Puckey, Willem Sanders, Berend Strik, Henk Tai, Roy Villevoye and Mirjam de Zeeuw

An older man with gray hair and glasses stitching a photograph with red thread in an art studio.

Berend Strik

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January 1, 1994

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September 18, 1993

Welome Stranger

Exhibtion invite to Welcome Stranger curated by Marjolein Schaap

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Jack Tilton Gallery 1993

Invite to first group shop in New York City

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Capital Gains

Exhibition invite to Capital Gains at FOAM, 1989 featuring Strik, Mik, Perry, Van Houwelingen & Leyenaar

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Kruithuis Den Bosch

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First newspaper article in America

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Invite to the exhibition Great Activity at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

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De Gelderlander, the first criticism in a newspaper

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