The work of Rijksakademie alumnus Marcel van den Berg is very vital and in your face. It consists of slogans, references to hip-hop and funk, indictments and the shaping of political culture.
He has used the spray can, but also just a knife in the canvas.
The Bijlmer, where he works, is an important source of inspiration.
His paintings, drawings and ceramics have a limited palette: the black, red, yellow and green of the Pan African Flag and the Rastafari movement, plus white. It is his postcolonial response to the strength of De Stijl.
Edo Dijksterhuis, PS Het Parool 26-03-2022