Mardi 05 Mai 2015 15:27:36 par Laure Chastant dans Expositions

After a exhibition The Space Between Us, organised in collaboration with He Xiangning Art Museum in Shenzhen in the spring of 2014, and the successful exhibition Still/Life, in collaboration with He Xiangning Art Museum in the fall of last year, the Amsterdam based photography museum Foam now presents a third exhibition in China: Still/Life – Contemporary Dutch Photography. This exhibition curated by Foam’s artistic director Marcel Feil, will be shown at the Shanghai Himalayas Museum from 24 April until 24 May, 2015. Celebrating the relations between The Netherlands and China, the exhibition is also part of the Dutch Days.

 © Anuschka Blommers en Niels Schum, Potato, 2003

The group exhibition Still/Life – Contemporary Dutch Photography is centered on the art historical theme of the still life and comprises works of a large number of emerging and established Dutch visual artists. The autonomous and commercial work of Dutch photographers has a recognizable, fresh style that is also characteristic of so-called Dutch Design. The latter refers to a typically Dutch aesthetic taste that is minimalist, experimental, innovative, unconventional and with a touch of humor. A major aspect is that instead of taking photos as a representation of reality, many of today's photographers take photos entirely staged. Particularly the art historical concept of the still life continues to inspire, albeit in a modernized and updated format. The Potatoes series by Anuschka Blommers and Niels Schumm is a typical example.

© Qiu Yang, Weekend Wives 2008

Artists:
Anne de Vries, Annegien van Doorn, Anouk Kruithof, Blommers & Schumm, Charlott Markus, Diana Scherer, Elspeth Diederix, Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Fleur van Dodewaard, Ingmar Swalue, Jaap Scheeren & Hans Gremmen, Johannes Schwartz, Katja Mater, Kim Boske, Krista van der Niet, Lernert & Sander, Marnix Goossens, Maurice van Es,Melanie Bonajo, Ola Lanko, Paul Kooiker, Scheltens & Abbenes, Qiu Yang, Uta Eisenreich, Yvonne Lacet