- https://www.schunck.nl/en/museum/agenda/vera-gulikers-if-then-is-now
- Vera Gulikers / If then is now
- 2020-08-24T00:00:00+02:00
- 2024-12-31T23:59:59+01:00
- Collection artist Vera Gulikers realised several murals in the music school of SCHUNCK.
In her research, Gulikers delved into the representation of musicians in the history of painting and music. Gulikers noticed that female figures almost always play a supporting role in the depicted events, the roles as a caring woman (Mary in the biblical stories) and as a sinner (Eve and Mary Magdalene) being the two most common. In her mural, Gulikers chooses to give women from the history of art and music no longer a supporting role, but a leading role, in which they are central as independent individuals.
About the artist
Vera Gulikers (1991) won the Royal Prize for Painting in 2017. In 2018 she was a resident at the Jan van Eyck Academy. She took her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht (2014-2016) and obtained her Master of Fine Arts at Sint Lucas in Antwerp (2016).
opening
This mural opened on 20 September 2020 simultaneously with 'Tegendraads/Aad de Haas – 100 jaar' and the mural by Gijs Frieling 'Theophany - Up and Out'.