Tulips, cheese and clogs are put on notice in this survey of contemporary Dutch photography. Gerco de Ruijter hangs his camera on a kite to make strange, abstract landscapes. Marnix Goosens entangles the viewer's gaze in thickets and blocks it with tree trunks rather than presenting the flat panoramas of his Flemish predecessors. Roy Villevoye investigates the colonial past in stills, films and installations on the people of New Guinea. A magazine, Useful Photography, earns its place among artists by lovingly cataloguing vernacular and commercial images. Dutch Dare also includes work by Hans van der Meer, Elspeth Diederix, Gertjan Kocken, Julika Rudelius, Jaap Scheren, Anouk Kruithof, Martine Stig, Viviane Sassen and Marike Schuurman.
About the Author
"Hans van der Meerwas born in Leimuiden in the Netherlands in 1955. He has published numerous books of his own photographs and archival ones, including 1988is Interland, whose images of the Dutch national team between 1911 and 1955 inspired his current projects. His work is included in major international collections and has appeared in solo exhibitions in venues such as the National Museum for Photography, Film and Television in the UK, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto. He is a contributing editor at Useful Photography." Frits Gierstberg is a writer and Head of Exhibitions at the Netherlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam.Stephen Bull is an artist and writer based in Brighton, UK. He is currently Course Director for Photography at Portsmouth University, UK.
Paperback: 136 pages
Publisher: NAi Publishers (March 1, 2007)
Language: English