Joep van Liefland (born 1966 in
Utrecht) is a contemporary
conceptual artist from Netherlands.[1][2] He lives and works in Berlin.
His work focuses on the
phenomenology of
media and their transformation. He is particularly interested in the matter of impermanence and disappearance that are closely connected to the
technological progress. Using the example of
technology, Joep van Liefland addresses the process of alteration and transformation as well as the universal concepts that underlie the transition from old to new.
For his art pieces, Joep van Liefland uses various outdated distribution and storage
devices. He arranges them into space-filling
installations, as in the work series „VIDEO PALACE“, or uses them to create
sculptures, wall objects,
screen prints, and
collages.
Since 2001, Joep van Liefland runs, together with Maik Schierloh, the
art space AUTOCENTER in Berlin where international art positions are presented regularly.