Herman Van Den Boom "Arcadia Redesigned"
Witzenhausen Gallery
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witzenhausen gallery new york presents “arcadia redesigned” by the belgian artist herman van den boom. arcadia redesigned is a photo series of imaginative landscape that shows intimate views and personal transformations of gardens and yards by home owners themselves.
herman van den boom recently got shortlisted for the sony world photography awards 2010, one of the largest photographic events existing today, in the category landscape. the winner will be announced by the end of april in cannes, france.
his work is also nominated for thessaloniki photo biennial 2010, greece, the 21st photography international meeting organized by the thessaloniki museum of photography, founded in 1998 by the greek state exclusively dedicated to photography.
herman van den boom was born in 1950, in essen, belgium, out of dutch-belgian parents, but much later raised in holland. he works as an artist/photographer since 1971. as soon as possible he started to travel worldwide. crossing borders is part of his culture and artistic approach. "what is seen as an important issue, fact or believe in one culture is seen as an hostile artifact in another".
“herman's humor and his ability to notice details that he then plays against the broader backgrounds of society and culture turn his work into esthetical, intriguing studies in human landscape that should be approached as metaphors questioning the way we are and live as human beings.”
february 13, 2009
bruno chalifour
editor of afterimage magazine and adjunct professor mfa , visual studies workshop
he is now working and living in both countries, belgium and holland, "as a foreigner". he has been a guest professor at the higher institute of the arts, antwerp belgium and at the academy of fine arts, maastricht holland. his work was exhibited at the photography biennale of moscow, musée de la photographie, charleroi, belgium, laforetmuseum tokyo, van abbemuseum eindhoven, holland. his work is in the collection of the museum of photography antwerp and the stedelijk museum amsterdam.
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Schedule
from April 01, 2010 to May 01, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-04-01 from 18:00 to 20:00