Ilke CopFeb 3, 2025

ARCHIVE ‘Unlearn II’, oil on linnen, 100 x 100 cm, 2021, Private Collection of @france.lejeune

Incredibly happy with the new home for this work.

IG Archive 15 June 2021

The first work I sold to a collector

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IlkeFeb 3, 2025
ARCHIVE ‘Unlearn II’, oil on linnen, 100 x 100 cm, 2021, Private Collection of @france.lejeune

Incredibly happy with the new home for this work.

“The clear allusions to the decorative hold a deeper meaning. The historical function of the female has often been reduced to this decorative role. Fabrics and textiles have been the realm of the woman. By placing physical fragments of the female creator amongst these textiles, the emphasis is on the way she handles herself in this reality. Will she transcend or will she drown?”

In the video work is shown by @untilthelilacsturnblack @pieterjennes @johan_creten @jo_vandijck @mehdigeorgeslahlou

IG Archive 15 June 2021

The first work I sold to a collector

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Ilke CopFeb 3, 2025

ARCHIVE Unlearn I, oil on linen, 100 x 100 cm, 2021

Conceived for the exhibition State of Things at K.L.8. in May 2021, this first canvas of a series, shows a piece of the body of the artist. This unconventional type of self portrait presents physical remnants that almost feel archeological.

IG Archive 26 May 2021

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IlkeFeb 3, 2025
ARCHIVE Unlearn I, oil on linen, 100 x 100 cm, 2021

Conceived for the exhibition State of Things at K.L.8. in May 2021, this first canvas of a series, shows a piece of the body of the artist. This unconventional type of self portrait presents physical remnants that almost feel archeological.
Lush and surreal drapery reveal and hide at the same time.

IG Archive 26 May 2021
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Ilke CopFeb 3, 2025

ARCHIVE We open in just two days! Very excited to talk about my first ever solo exhibition in my lovely home city, Brussels @kl8exhibitions .

See you soon!

IG Archive 17 May 2021

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IlkeFeb 3, 2025
ARCHIVE ‘The attempt’, 100 x 100 cm, installation: oil on linen, 16 tangerines, wooden bowl & glue, 2021, installation view @demarkten @bartvrijvogel

This installation is titled ‘The attempt’ and consists of an oil painting and a bowl of 16 composed tangerines. The fragrant fruit functions in the same manner as the Proust’s Madeleine and takes us on a road to the village where the artist grew up. Nameless buildings seem to block the road which is crowned by a church tower, the watchful structure that observes and regulates and refers to the patriarchal structure. The artist’s self portrait is both creator and creation as she takes centre stage. The physical double of the tangerines on the painting adds an olfactory aspect to the work. The viewer’s attention is being pulled between the physical item and the image. Which came first and which one is more real?
Conceptualised as an answer on a video by fictional artist ‘Bart Vrijvogel’, the tangerine, a clear representation of the female sex, is restored and presented as whole again. The figure’s gesture is careful, almost tender. The artist takes ownership of her sex, not only on a physical, but also on an intellectual level. A clear answer to the brute force used on the fruit in the video ‘ DIY: Fake vagina’.

IG Archive 17 March 2021
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Ilke CopFeb 3, 2025

ARCHIVE ‘The attempt’, 100 x 100 cm, installation: oil on linen, 16 tangerines, wooden bowl & glue, 2021, installation view @demarkten @bartvrijvogel

This installation is titled ‘The attempt’ and consists of an oil painting and a bowl of 16 composed tangerines. The fragrant fruit functions....

IG Archive 17 March 2021

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Ilke CopFeb 3, 2025

ARCHIVE Portrait at the opening of my first solo ‘State of Things’ @kl8exhibitions by my dearest @ele_pee 💛

I want to thank everybody who visited from the bottom of my heart. Being able to show my work has truly been a life changing experience.
I’m thrilled to tell you that I have been invited for some exciting larger than life projects... more about this soon!

IG Archive 1 June 2021

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IlkeFeb 3, 2025
ARCHIVE Portrait at the opening of my first solo ‘State of Things’ @kl8exhibitions by my dearest @ele_pee 💛

I want to thank everybody who visited from the bottom of my heart. Being able to show my work has truly been a life changing experience.
I’m thrilled to tell you that I have been invited for some exciting larger than life projects... more about this soon!

Detail of ‘Assume the Burden’ from the ‘State of Things Triptych’, 400 x 200 cm, oil on linnen, 2021

IG Archive 1 June 2021


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IlkeFeb 3, 2025
ARCHIVE The Dutiful, from the State of Things Triptych, oil on linen, 400 x 200 cm, 2021

When I paint, art historical references, personal memories and symbolism intertwine to create a new image which serves as a modern allegory.

IG Archive 22 February 2021

Flash back to my first solo I organised myself at KL8 in May 2021

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