Lot 78: EJA SIEPMAN VAN DEN BERG

EJA SIEPMAN VAN DEN BERG DUTCH B. 1943 STAP 1984 bronze 141 x 37 x 57 cm / 55.51 x 14.57 x 22.44"

Some recent solo exhibitions
Museum Smallingerland, Drachten 2008
Galerie Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden 2005
Galerie Piltzer, Paris 2000

Some recent group exhibitions
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden 2008, 'De Kleur van Friesland: Beeldende kunst na 1945'
Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague 2008, 'Rijksmuseum aan Zee: Hemelse beelden uit oost en west'
Den Haag Sculptuur, The Hague 2005, 'Den Haag Sculptuur De Paleistuin'

Selected publications
Huub Mous, Eja Siepman van den Berg, Wageningen: Het Depot 2004
Jan van IJzendoorn (ed.), Kunst bij rijksgebouwen, vol. 10, The Hague: Ministerie van VROM/Rijksgebouwendienst 1995
Hans Sizoo, Peter Struycken, Eja Siepman van den Berg, Leeuwarden: Wielsma 1994
Peter Karstkarel, Eja Siepman van den Berg, Leeuwarden: Fries Museum 1981

Selected public and corporate collections
Het Depot, Wageningen, NL • Rijksmuseum Muiderslot, Muiden, NL

donated by the artist

Eja Siepman van den Berg seeks to find the essence of the human figure through a process of radical abstraction. Her quest culminated in limbless torsos which allow her to concentrate fully on the shape, thus intensifying the sculptural language. The torso is ideally suited to portraying emotional tension, particularly when it is incomplete. With great precision and empathy, Siepman van den Berg communicates the tension beneath the taut gleaming skin of her bronze and marble works in a way that is almost tangible. Stylised and with a consummate finish, her detached yet sensual work stand and pose in complete tranquillity, exuding the purity of young, self-aware life.

Eja Siepman van den Berg was guest advisor at the Rijksakademie and a student in 1962-1967.

www.ejasiepmanvandenberg.nl