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Tracing a career of more than thirty years, this celebration of the
prodigiously talented Dutch photographer includes vibrantly colored
portraiture, landscapes, still lifes, abstract compositions and
fashion editorials. From her early African-inspired work to her
more recent experiments in interventionist techniques, Viviane
Sassen has gained international acclaim for her striking, dynamic
images that explore a range of themes and subjects-from identity,
gender, and the body, to race, fashion, and the environment. This
retrospective book brings together both well- and lesser-known
works and includes pieces from her recent series, "Paint Studies,"
in which early photographs are reimagined with ink and painterly
marks, and "Venus and Mercury", a collection of exquisite
photomontages based on the history of the Palace of Versailles. An
introductory essay and interview with the artist combine with
additional illuminating texts to make this the definitive overview
of an important and ever-evolving photographer.
This mid-career retrospective volume focuses on Viviane Sassen's
fine art photography, revealing a surrealist undercurrent in her
work. Sassen recognizes Surrealism as one of her earliest artistic
influences, seen in the uncanny shadows, fragmented bodies, and
otherworldly landscapes she captures in her work. In addition to
images from the acclaimed series "Umbra," this volume draws from
the series "Flamboya," in which she returned to Kenya,
"Parasomnia," a dreamlike exploration of sleep, the "Roxane"
series, a mutual portrait created with her muse, Roxane Danset, "Of
Lotus and Mud," a study of procreation and fecundity, and "Pikin
Slee," a journey to a remote village in Suriname. This book
features a contextualizing essay and an insightful interview with
the artist. Throughout, Sassen emerges as a poetic photographer
obsessed with light and shadow and a brilliant technician, who is a
master of both vibrant color and muted hues. Selected by Sassen
herself from across the last ten years, the images draw on the
surrealist strategies of collage and unexpected juxtapositions to
give a survey of her practice.
What happens when new masters pick up where old masters left off?
On the occasion of the bicentenary of the Mauritshuis in The Hague,
the museum asked contemporary photographers to reflect on the
permanent collection. Which masters capture their imagination? How
do they interpret 17th-century art? The result: 16 new works by 16
contemporary photographs, including Erwin Olaf, Rineke Dijkstra,
Anton Corbijn and Stephan Vanfleteren, one for each room in the
Mauritshuis. The new works will be displayed alongside the
17th-century works that inspired them and will be put equally next
to each other in this luxury book. The photographers were entirely
free to select what they wanted to work with. For some it was a
painting, for another a detail from a painting, or even an entire
room in the museum. Expect to see original and surprising
reflections on 17th-century art: counterparts, commentaries,
alternatives. None of the photographs is a remake of the original
painting. One thing is certain: you will never look at Rembrandt,
Vermeer or Steen in the same way. Text in English and Dutch.
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