A true master of modern portraiture, Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra’s large photographs and videos are brilliant studies of identity, vulnerability and dignity. She manages to capture people so that they are present to an astonishing degree, right there in that very moment.
Rineke Dijkstra (b. 1959) is one of the most prominent and internationally acclaimed artists working within the genre of photography and video portraiture.
Her large-scale photographs show a rare sense of humanity, empathy and intimacy without any trace of sentimentality or indiscretion. Dijkstra typically captures her subjects at moments of transition or vulnerability, thus focusing on the thematics of identity. Though absolutely modern, even timeless, her portraiture brings to mind the great masters of the Golden Age of Dutch art.
“I try to capture something of the personality of these people,” Rineke Dijkstra explains, “but at the same time extract something universal relating to humanity in general. There has to be enough space to make your own stories; to interpret a picture the way you want.”
The exhibition ‘The One and The Many’ marks the first specific overview of Dijkstra’s work in Scandinavia. Organized by Louisiana in collaboration with De Pont museum, Tilburg
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Louisiana Museum
Gl Strandvej 13, 3050 Humlebæk, Denmark
September 21, 2017 to December 30, 2017
