Love them!

💛💛💛

👏👏👏

ARCHIVE Today, one of the women who made me fall in love with art. The queen of self transformation, Cindy Sherman.

IG Archive 23 April 2020

December 2024 I visited the Cindy Sherman expo at @antwerpfotomuseum and saw this work irl

#Ilkecop #ilkecopart #belgianart #CindySherman

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

#ilkecopart #portrait #selfportrait #ilkecop #belgianpainter #oilpainting #contemporaryart #womeninthearts #femaleartist #feministart #womenpainters

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
#ilkecopart #portrait #selfportrait #ilkecop #belgianpainter #oilpainting #contemporaryart #womeninthearts #femaleartist #feministart #womenpainters

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
#ilkecopart #portrait #selfportrait #ilkecop #belgianpainter #oilpainting #contemporaryart #womeninthearts #femaleartist #feministart #womenpainters #installation

ARCHIVE The ♀Portrait Game this week with Marina Abramovic. Her amazing work spans performance, body and feminist art. Today I want to think about why they used a wild animal for this picture, with #tigerking going viral during this lockdown, I just want to say, some things are not meant to be tamed. I couldn’t even get my cat to pose correctly.

IG Archive 14 April 2020

#marinaabramovic #ilkecop #IlkecopArt

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


#ilkecopart #portrait #selfportrait #ilkecop #belgianpainter #oilpainting #contemporaryart #womeninthearts #femaleartist #feministart #womenpainters #installationart #installation
#kl8exhibitions #soloexhibition #exhibition #brusselsexhibition #stateofthingsilkecop

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

#ilkecopart #portrait #selfportrait #ilkecop #belgianpainter #oilpainting #contemporaryart #womeninthearts #femaleartist #feministart #womenpainters #landscapepainting

ARCHIVE Today, I honour a great talent of the 16th century, Sofonisba Anguissola. Responsible for some of the first female self portraits known to art history. This self portrait from 1561 at the clavichord was a self-conscious showing of skills.

IG Archive 10 April 2020


#ilkecop #belgianArt #femaleart #femaleartists #womeninart #sofonisbaAnguissola

ARCHIVE "In these days of lock down madness, I want to pay tribute to some of the most amazing women in (art) history by re-imaginging some works. Today it's Joni Mitchell's painting for her album cover 'Wild things run Fast' from 1982. "

IG archive 31 March 2020

#Ilkecop #ilkecopart #

ARCHIVE 'The Encumbrance I', oil on linen, 175 x 175 cm, 2020
Installation view @decoratelier_brussels “The Female Haze(d)”

This painting shows the artist in various self portraits. They are placed in a landscape reminiscent of pre-renaissance landscape painting.
Two lines separate the bigger figures at the front from the smaller figures rendered in sepia. A barrier, that looks easy enough to cross, but still seems to be holding power over the figures, is prominent in the picture.
Flowers grow from the figures at the forefront. These three figures relate in a particular way to each other. From right to left the characters can be seen to undergo an evolution in stage of (un)dress and in independence. While the figure on the far right is still searching for meaning outside of herself, the figure on the left looks out at the viewer, asserting her gaze, owning her sexuality and power.

IG ARCHIVE 24 September 2020

The very first time I ever showed a work in public.

#ilkecopart #portrait #ilkecop #belgianpainter #oilpainting #selfportrait #contemporaryart #belgianart #femaleartist #feministart #womeninthearts #womenpainters

ARCHIVE Size does matter: [work in progress], oil on canvas, 400 x 200 cm

IG archive 8 August 2020

Working on my very first triptych "State of Things" in 2020, it would proof to be an amazing step in my career, go big or go home ;)

#ilkecopart #oil #portrait #ilkecop #belgianpainter #oilpainting #belgianart #belgianartist #femaleartist #feministart #selfportrait

ARCHIVE "In these days of lock down madness, I want to pay tribute to some of the most amazing women in (art) history by re-imaginging some works. Today it's Joni Mitchell's painting for her album cover 'Wild things run Fast' from 1982. "

IG archive 31 March 2020

#Ilkecop #ilkecopart #