Tag Archives: surreal

The Empress, 2019
Pigment print
Image size: 105x82,3 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

also

Image size: 57,3x45,1 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

‘In Anotherland The Empress Is The Most Adored Member of the High Family. She Is Portrayed Many Times on Days That Are Called the True Rituals. Long Ago She Was Discovered on the River Bank of The South Lands. Still Very Shy and Unknown to Anotherland She Was Covered Just in Braided Hairs of the Northern Beast. Believers, Therefore, See Her as the Only Chosen for Her Task. She Was Finally Permitted Passage to Anotherland With The Help of a Befriended Ambassador. During a Long Walk Through the Narrow Corridor, She Passed the Thick Fogs and the Middle Swamps, Crossed the Wide Streams Until She Finally Arrived at the Ultimate Passage….'

Biography to be completed…

The Successor, 2019
Pigment print
Image size: 105x82,3 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

also

Image size: 57,3x45,1 cm
Wooden frame with mirogard magic glass

The Princess, 2019
Pigment print
Image size: 105x82,3 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

also

Image size: 57,3x45,1 cm
Wooden frame with mirogard magic glass

The Kogal, 2019
Pigment print
Image size: 105x82,3 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

also

Image size: 57,3x45,1 cm
Wooden frame with mirogard magic glass

The Jester, 2019
Pigment print
Image size: 105x82,3 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

also

Image size: 57,3x45,1 cm
Wooden frame with mirogard magic glass

The Judge, 2020
Pigment print
Image size: 57,3x45,1 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Kiss, 2020
Pigment print
Image size: 57,3x45,1 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

'In Anotherland There is a Special Time During the So-called Poppy Festival. These Flowers Are Believed to Be a Symbol of Both Remembrance and Hope for a Peaceful Future. During These Gatherings, Everything Will Have to Turn Red. Although Men and Women Are Considered Equal Only the Lucky Few Will Indulge the Kiss.'

The Poppy Man, 2020
Pigment print
Image size: 105x82,3 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Reformer, 2020
Pigment print
Image size: 105x82,3 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Green Rebel, 2020
Pigment print
Image size: 105x82,3 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Speaker, 2019
Pigment print with hand-painted varnish
Image size: 30x23,6 cm
Sheet size: 56.5x42 cm
Unique in this variant

The Thinker, 2020
Pigment print
Image size: 57,3x45,1 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Maple. 2020-22
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Disciple, 2021
Pigment print
Image size: 105x82,3 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Rebel, 2020
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Cleric, 2020
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Black Bird Woman, 2017
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Singer, 2016
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Eruption, 1998
Dye Diffusion Transfer Print / Polaroid
Image size 24,1x19 cm
Sheet size: 27,5x21,4 cm
Unique
Wooden frame with UV-perspex

The Long-haired Curly Woman, 2020
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

'In Anotherland some Graphite Pamphlets of the Hairy
People have been taken across the Borders. Unlike in Other Territories, there is no Distinction there between Hairy, Bald, or Spiky People. It is suggested that the Curly Tribe want to reclaim their Power and will prepare Solemn Gatherings by letting their Hair grow.'

The Humming, 2015
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 140x110 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Shine, 2008-16
Pigment print mounted to dibond
Image size: 70x55cm
Wooden frame with AR-t glass

The Splendour, 2008-16
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Saviour, 2014-18
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Speaker, 2019

The Performer, 2019
Pigment print with hand-painted varnish
Image size: 30x23,6 cm
Sheet size: 56.5x42 cm
Unique in this variant

The Drawer, 2019
Pigment print with hand-painted varnish
Image size: 30x23,6 cm
Sheet size: 56.5x42 cm
Unique in this variant

The Tutor, 2019
Pigment print with hand-painted varnish
Image size: 30x23,6 cm
Sheet size: 56.5x42 cm
Unique in this variant

The Solace, 2017
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Dancer, 2018
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Youngest, 2013
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Long-haired Curly Woman, 2020
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Crazy Rose, 2001-19
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The New Settler, 2020
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Mistress, 2017
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 70x55 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Welcome, 2015
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Resemblance, 2015
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size: 35x44,5 cm
Wooden frame with ArT glass

'In Anotherland the First Settlers Were Believed to be Pilgrims From the Big Land. They Were Living in Wooden Huts and the Resemblance with the People From the Land of Fire is Striking. Living in Barren Conditions, Trying to Stay Warm in the Winter Cold. Only After a Long Waiting Period in The Neutral Zone Contact with These People Could be Established. Many Homes Are Deserted Now and Left Empty in the Woods'.

The Flash, 2015
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Spring Day, 2015
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 55x37 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The New Morning, 2015
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Transition, 2018

Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Wave, 2020
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Altar, 2020
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Encounter - Day 1, 2014-16
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

dif#1 The Encounter - Day 1 2014-16

The Encounter - Day 3, 2014-16
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Encounter - Day 6, 2014-16
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Appearance - Day 7, 2014-16
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Return, 2017
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Curse of the Red Moon, 2023
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Art glass

The Geyser Forest, 2020
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Pond, 2017
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Dragonfly, 2017
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Plunge, 2017
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

'In Anotherland There is an Area with Many Little Lakes Called the Blushing Ponds. There One Can Float but not Drown, Feel but not Suffer, and Dream with Open Eyes. These Magic Waters Make People Sing Under the Water Surface. Can you hear Their Voices ?'

The Fog, 2017
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Catch, 2018
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 87x100 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

‘This Graphite Pamphlet From Two Yesteryears Shows a Strong Woman, a Pilgrim From the First Dark Woods. As a Young Nubile Beauty She Excelled in Catching Water Animals for her Family. Later she Was Able to Catch Five Times More White Fish Than her Fellow Sisters. As the Strongest Woman She is Now a Member of Another Clan to Represent Anotherland for the Holy Mountain Gatherings. But All Has Been Cancelled Now’.

The Kelp Girl, 2018
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Dream, 2020
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Rebirth, 2020
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

'In Anotherland Rumours Suggest That the Empress Has Returned From Her Long Exile. The First Pamphlets Show She Has Submerged From the Darker Times Into a New Identity. Until Further Announcement, She Will Rest and Remain Quiet in her Loud Quarters.'

The Ceremony, 2020
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Daughter of the Lily Pond, 2022
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard magic glass

The Reunion, 2017-20
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Blur, 2017
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Source, 2014-20
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Worship of St Ragwort, 2020
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

'In Anotherland There Is Great Confusion Again Among the People. Pamphlets Have Been Misinterpreted, Signals Have Been Overpainted and the Empress Has Not Returned to the Secrets Gardens. Rumors Have Spread From The Udders, a Local Gang of Ground Workers, With Unknown Seeds From St. Ragwort. Research Has Shown Eating and Even Touching These Yellow Flowers May Be Lethal to All Women and Horses.’

The Early Settler, 2020
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Wreckers, 2021
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

'In Anotherland this Graphite Pamphlet Was Distributed After the Last Storm of Frozen Rain. New Pilgrims Have Reached the Sandy Shores on the Western Frontier. Reports Suggest They Must Cross the New Land Before the Next Black Sky.'

The Shaman, 2018
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

The Unknown Territory, 2021
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image size 110x147 cm
Wooden frame with Mirogard Magic glass

'In Anotherland the Distribution System is Currently Not Connected to All Terrains. Special Skilled Farmers Are Digging Holes in the Frozen Lakes to Find the Leaks. Reports Also Show a Shortage in Color Coded Pigments for All Regions'

Bang, bang, bang! , 2020
Firecrackers 52

Pigment print

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Boing, ing! , 2020

Pigment print

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Pang, pang, pang! , 2020

Pigment print

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Boom, boom! , 2020

Pigment print

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Boing, boing! , 2020

Pigment print

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Rettekkettett! , 2020

Pigment print

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FD Persoonlijk, 12-12-2020

Giant Pamphlet (King of The White Blossom), 2021

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet (Family Flower), 2021

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet (Ottoman Flower ), 2021

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24 with blossom leaves
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet (The Disciple II), 2021

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet (Flower of the Horse), 2021

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet (Flower of the Waters), 2021

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet of Mi #2, 2020

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet of Mi #9, 2020

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet of Mi #13, 2020

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet of Mi #4, 2020

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlety of Mi #11, 2020

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet of Mi #16, 2020

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet of Mi #5, 2020

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet of Mi #14, 2020

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet of Mi #12, 2020

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet of Mi #15, 2020

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet of Mi #6, 2020

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet (Flora), 2021

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24 with poppy leaves
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Giant Pamphlet With Two Heads, 2021

Dye diffusion transfer print/Polaroid 20x24 with blossom leaves
Image size: appr. 64 x 52 cm
Sheet size: appr. 85 x 56 cm
Unique

Flower Lives – Kunsthandel P. de Boer

Group exhibition with new works from the series Anotherland

Installation view Flower Lives exhibition at P. de Boer, 2019

In an adjacent room new works from the series BUDS

Installation view Flower Lives exhibition Kunsthandel P. de Boer, 2019

Anotherland – MPV Gallery Knokke

Solo exhibition at Mark Peet Visser Gallery in Knokke, Belgium from September 8 – October 22, 2018
Curator: Majke Hüsstege

Installation view Anotherland exhibition at MPV Gallery Knokke, 2018

Click here to see more from the Anotherland series

Reconstructions – NFI/NAi

Inaugural exhibtion of the Nederlands Foto Instituut (now Nederlands Fotomuseum) at NAi
(now Het Nieuwe Instituut) in Rotterdam, 1993.
Five photographers were commissioned to interpret and exhibit their work on the theme of ‘reconstructions’, the environmental architecture from their youth.
Curator: Adriaan Monshouwer

Installation view Reconstructions NFI/NAi, 1993

See more of the Reconstructions series

The City, The Beach, The Hague

Video and print campaign for the city of The Hague in The Netherlands introducing the Mauritshuis museum, Ridderzaal at Binnenhof Houses of Parliament, Passage shopping arcade and the Pier at Scheveningen beach.

The City, The Beach, The Hague print campaign

Director/DP/Photographer: Marcel van der Vlugt

Models: Claudia van Oortmerssen en Teddy Jansen
Wardrobe stylist: Pythia Tarenskeen
Hair and make-up: Peter Dekker
Set design: Gerhard Vollberg

Client: The Hague Marketing Bureau

Agency: Kokoro Amsterdam
AD: Boudewijn Pompe, Robbert Maruanaija
CW: Lynsey Schouten
Creative direction: Wouter Vanhaeren, Merlijn van Vliet

Fetishism in Fashion – MoBa13

Group exhibition during MoBa13 festival in Arnhem, The Netherlands from June 8 – July 12, 2013
Work shown is the complete Skin Colour Card series with the original 8×10 Polaroids.
Curator: Lidewij Edelkoort

Installation view Moba 13

Fetishim in Fashion catalog p.130-131

Fetishism in Fashion catalog p.132-133

Fetishism in Fashion catalog p.134-135

Fetishim in Fashion catalog p.136-137

Fetishism in Fashion catalog p.138-139

See more of the Skin Colour Card series