Beercrates, 1987-1988

After a day of hard work, Joep van Lieshout was sitting in his Atelier. Drinking a beer and looking at a beercrate he discovered that the size of a beer crate was the same as the size of the concrete tiles that were on the floor in his atelier. This new insight resulted in several installations with beercrates and concrete pavers. The coincidence that these two materials would fit this way, was enough for Joep van Lieshout to name it a sculpture. System and random play an important role in his work.