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Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Robbert Flick
Early Life and Formation in a Post-War World Robbert Flick, born in Amersfoort, Holland in 1939, emerged as an artist deeply shaped by the lingering echoes of post-war Europe and the burgeoning cultural shifts of the mid-20th century. His early life was steeped in a sense of rebuilding and redefinition, a context that would subtly inform his later artistic explorations of place, memory, and identity. While details of his childhood rem
ain somewhat private, it’s clear that this formative period instilled within him a keen observational sensibility – an ability to perceive the nuances of everyday environments and the stories embedded within them. He received a B.A. from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver before pursuing advanced studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, earning both an M.A. and an M.F.A. This transatlantic journey proved pivot…
