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Archives of October 23, 2014 Erwin Olaf’s works depict the unspoken. His stylized and skilfully quoted visual worlds address taboos, social conflicts, and middle-class narrow-mindedness – themes that he disguises aesthetically in order to unsettle the viewer. Bar Barbette showcases the series Fall (2008), which presents adolescent portraits separated by austerely composed still lifes set in pale gold-coloured interiors of the late 1950s. Posed before curtains and wallpaper reminiscent of…

Archives of December 3, 2010 Born in Hilversum in the Netherlands in 1959, Erwin Olaf lives and works in Amsterdam since the early 80’s. In celebration of the reopening of Amsterdam’s De La Mar Theater, Erwin Olaf created photographic reinterpretations of iconic theatrical plays.

Archives of November 11, 2010 Erwin Olaf‘s Royal Blood series, which includes the Diana look-a-like picture, attempts to stir debate about public fascination with fame and violence by using blond models to portray celebrities who met a violent end. The tiara-wearing look-alike stares out at a camera in a pose not unlike those in actual portraits taken of Diana. But Olaf‘s image bears a bloody wound on her arm in…

UNSEEN which takes place over the next 4 days in Amsterdam is the most important photography fair in the Netherlands. John Devos, our correspondent for Belgium and Holland, has prepared this fantastic edition for you. UNSEEN is an art fair dedicated to the latest developments in contemporary photography. Contemporary photography offers unexpected perspectives and stems from different backgrounds. We see photographers making use of the medium in innovative, intelligent, inspiring…

Ag Galerie Teheran - Mohsen Yazdipour (1980 Iran) (Images 9) Project title A Site (Not) to See - Tehran is one of the largest and most populated cities in the world. About fourteen-million people live here. Some are native to the city but most have come to this city to escape the unemployment, lack of resources and opportunities in their own. The city has grown faster than it can be…

Contour Gallery Rotterdam – Nele van Canneyt (1973 Belgium) (images 23 ) Nele van Canneyt is drawn to objects and scenes in the serenity of the city at the end of the day and the dawn of night, when everything seems to stand still, and the city takes on its own story. All while a dialogue between the playfulness and conceptual work of the three artists sits in the spotlight,…

Gallery Untitled Rotterdam - Vincent van de Wijngaard (1968, The Netherlands) (images 37) Vincent van de Wijngaard’s work is characterized by a deft treatment of color and investigative style, giving rise to imagery of crisp detail and profound allure. Following an early interest in music and graphic design, he studied photography at The Royal Academy in The Hague. His projects have since taken him to more than seventy countries, fostering…

Kana Kawanishi Tokyo Yoshiki Omote (1992 Japan) (images 50 ) Yoshiki Omote is an artist renowned for his works that convert large-scale schemes and phenomena into sizes of daily life. In the “Turbulence” series, he represents atmospheric movements on a two-dimensional surface. A massive amount of resin is poured onto the surface of a mirror, with several ink drops added. He then leaves the work as is for a few…

Root Gallery Krimpen aan de Lek - Jan Theun van Rees (1960 The Netherlands) (images 63 ) With his art, Jan Theun van Rees focuses on the appearance of space as an image and the perception of that (visualised) space in relation to the space that surrounds us. The representation of a space on the flat surface of the picture plane is always an interpretation of a certain place, even…

First, we present the latest galleries on our very long list, followed by an introduction to some of the UNBOUND! projects. TOBE Gallery Budapest - Akos Major (1974 Hungary) (images 78) Ákos Major has long photographed anthropocene urban landscapes, an act that for him is both an act of relaxation and a means to an end. His work can be labelled by many different adjectives, but his minimalist, inhuman urban…

PHOTOFESTIVAL is the largest Milanese event dedicated to photography, with Milan as its epicentre. In fact, over the years the festival has spread to many areas of the Lombardy Region. Opening Up to the World: Photography as a Civil Commitment is the theme of PHOTOFESTIVAL 18TH, which begins on 15 September. It aims to encourage reflection on the act of taking photos, which, when practised with rigour, is not just…

This collective exhibition brings together contemporary authors who illustrate our relationship to death. By addressing the different stages of “the life of the dead” (death, management then physical distancing of deceased bodies), it questions each time what is within sight of the living and what usually remains invisible, what is permitted to see or what is forbidden but also what is of the order of fracture or reconciliation with the…

Echo Fine Arts presents “50 Years of Evolving Vision - Part 1”, an online solo exhibition of Robert Farber’s photographs. With a career spanning over 50 years and over half-a-million copies of his books sold, Farber’s painterly photographic style has influenced generations of photographers. His impressionistic artworks capture the essence of composition in every genre. In a constant quest for evolution, Farber’s body of work in the past fifty years…

In the heart of the Appalachian, amidst the dense forests of West Virginia, stands one of the last churches practising the deadly tradition of snake-handling. Within its walls, believers handle venomous snakes as an act of faith. American photographer Robert LeBlanc paints a striking account of this devotion in his latest book, Gloryland.  Gloryland was conceived like a bible. A pitch-black replica filled with black-and-white photographs punctuated only by a…

A 2020 World Press Photo Contest winner and long time reporter for NY Mag and National Geographic, for the last ten years Luca Locatelli has been travelling around many different countries – Germany, Iceland, Italy, Romania, Spain, and Switzerland to cite a few – to document practices and stories that could shed light on that model of production and consumption known as the Circular Economy. This relatively new business model involves sharing, leasing,…