In the late sixties, Cornelis Makkink found himself in England, sharing studio space with his brother Herman at the S.P.A.C.E. complex at St. Katherines docks in London. Looking at Cornelis' paintings, inspired by the S.P.A.C.E. climate which was rife with op and pop art creations, one has the sense that the imagery is directly taken from softporn magazines. And that is precisely what Cornelis was doing He painted over projected images enlarged with an episcope, adding his own sense of grotesque exaggeration.
It was most likely Stanley Kubrick's wife Christiane, also a painter, who suggested he should visit this hot spot of contemporary art to get ideas for the set design for A Clockwork Orange. Kubrick used nine of his paintings in the film.

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