TIMELINE 60s

1962-63

Landschap (collage) | Landscape (collage)
photo: Rob List
collection: Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD)


1963

Deborah Apol on a rush chair.
Interior of photographer Joan van der Keuken, Achtergracht, Amsterdam (NL)
photo: Joan van der Keuken


exposition
Rijpermuseum, De Rijp NH (NL) | L. Apol, collages of paper | R. van Elk, collages of textiles
exposition
Gallery Veruly, Amsterdam (NL)
exposition
Exhibition of Furniture Brussels, Belgium | Furnitures, Hein Salomonson | Decorations, R. van Elk

1964

Warehouse De Bijenkorf Amsterdam (NL). Painting for the shop-window of the Diner Department


1965

Maria van Elk in her studio in Amsterdam (NL)
photo: Bob Wesdorp
Bob Wesdorp made up the a-dynamic trio (a-dynamisch trio) together with Wim T. Schippers and Ger van Elk


1966

Deborah en Hiske on a couch across the wall where the picture for the collective milk campaign was taken
photo: Lysander Apol


exposition
Town Hall Winsum, Groningen (NL)
exposition
Gallery 'De Mangelgang', Groningen (NL)

1967

Maria van Elk as a model for the collective milk campaign)
This campaign was initiated by Paul Mertz
photo: Peter Ruting




Hiske Apol on a chair with a doll with hair made of artificial fur.
photo: Lysander Apol


Maria van Elk together with Michel Cardena on the stairs of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL

Exposition
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL), Ateliers 5


1968

Meubel of Rots? (tekening) | Piece of furniture or Rock? (drawing)
collection: Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (NL)

Illusie Oranje (tekening) | Illusion Orange (drawing)
collection: Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (NL)

De Vernedering (tekening) | The Humiliation (drawing)
collection: Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (NL)

Zonder titel (tekening) | Without title (drawing)
collection: Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (NL) | donation Sepp Bader

Zonder titel (tekening) | Without title (drawing)
collection: Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (NL) | donation Sepp Bader


exposition
Gallery 'Punt 4', Schiedam (NL)
exposition
Artshop, Schiphol Airport (NL)
exposition
Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem (NL) | Soft Living Room (version 1)

Letter from Benno Premsela (December 8, 1968)

Letter from Herman Swart, Manager from the Nederlandse Kunststichting (December 20, 1968)
exposition
Gallery Pribaut, Amsterdam (NL) | Jan Schoonhoven, Gust Romijn and Ria van Elk
(October 1968)

1969

Letter from Gerd Klem | KaDeWe, West Berlin, Germany (Januari 20, 1969)

exposition
'Junge Kunst' im KaDeWe | Kaufhaus Des Westens, West Berlin, Germany
Opening: April 25, 1969


Mummy look at your children (1967)
collection: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL)
photo: Evert De Cock



Room 0.2 at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (2016-17)
From left to right: Roy Lichtenstein - As I opened fire (1964), Peter Ghycy - Garden Egg Chair (1968) & Maria van Elk - Mummy look at your children (1967).

photo: Evert De Cock

Soft Living Room

exposition
Musée Central des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
June 13 - September 20, 1969




Maria van Elk sitting in the interior of the Soft Living Room
photo: Erling Mandelmann


Maria van Elk at the construction of the Soft Living Room for the Biennale in Lausanne (1969)
photos: Marcel Imands


photo: J.-Pierre Grisel
Feuille D'Avis de Lausanne, Switzerland | June 12, 1969
Page 25 | Arts. Lettres. Spectacles.

Berlinske Aftenavis, June 18, 1969 | Copenhagen, Denmark
Interview by Virtus Schade & accompaning letter
'So now you are famous in Denmark too'
Radio interview with Hans Zoet for the Dutch public broadcasting station VARA as a result of the Soft Living Room (June 1969