Artist: Rachel de Joode
Exhibition title: Flat Nature / Surface Bodies
Venue: Kunstfort, Vijfhuizen, The Netherlands
Date: October 1 – December 17, 2017
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Kunstfort
Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen proudly presents Rachel de Joode – Flat Nature / Surface Bodies. In the “Genieloods” and on the island, Rachel de Joode (NL, 1979 – lives in Berlin) shows a comprehensive exhibition of new work, including five outdoor sculptures.
De Joode was one of the first to combine sculptural objects and photographic prints with reference to internet aesthetics. The artist is known for her “sculptural photography”, for which she prints and cuts pictures of natural materials in organic forms.
Recently De Joode developed new works in which only the sculptural frame is left. The flat objects in public space resonate with the omnipresence of image in our contemporary society, but also with the plane surroundings of the Kunstfort. The landscape becomes a “bühne”, in which De Joode’s images take the lead. But to what extent will nature let reduce itself to just a frame?
Festive opening on Sunday, October 1, 15.00. Opening speech 15.30 followed by drinks and music by Abel Minnée
Tuesday 28 November 19.30 From picture to image: public program with Rachel de Joode and artist duo Itsourplayground (Camille Le Houezec and Joey Villemont).
Also opening on October 1: Kim David Bots – The Rant, Toon Fibbe & Laura Wiedijk – Cloning the Ghost, Sara Kamalvand – The Teheran Garden Festival (i.c.w. Mahmoud Bakhshi). Interventions are on show by Jan Hoek and Annika Kappner. Kunstfort Projects presents BEE HEROES.
With thanks to the Mondriaan Fund, the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and Provincie Noord-Holland.
