Ruud van EmpelVoyage Pittoresque #7 - Ruud van Empel (Colour Photography)2017
2017
About the Item
- Creator:Ruud van Empel (1958, Dutch)
- Creation Year:2017
- Dimensions:Height: 30.75 in (78.11 cm)Width: 55 in (139.7 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU884400472
Ruud van Empel
Original Ruud van Empel photocollages and prints have a number of disquieting aspects to them. The Dutch artist has gained an international following that includes Elton John, who dedicated a song to him.
Van Empel’s wide-eyed children, both of African and of European descent, project an innocence reminiscent of storybook illustrations or even the kitschy big-eyed kids painted by Margaret Keane. They are often exquisitely dressed, in clothes that look stylish but slightly out of date. They frequently inhabit improbable settings — a lush forest setting, a moonlit desert or jungle — again reminiscent of fairy tales. But the unreality of these beguiling kids owes much to the process by which they were created.
They have been photoshopped into being through a patchwork of features manipulated on the computer. The settings they inhabit also come about through photocollage: The Guardian reported that van Empel wanders “through Dutch forests, in search of fine leaves, perfect branches, and the right waters. Only to tear it apart and spend weeks reconstructing it all until both the person and the setting match his desired standard of photorealism.”
Van Empel was born in the small town of Breda and studied at the local art academy before moving to Amsterdam to pursue a serious career as a fine-art photographer. The earliest series to attract critical interest, “The Office” (1995), depicted staid office workers amid improbable props, referencing early 20th-century photomontage. As he has matured as an artist over the past 25 years, however, he has mastered a kind of realism that is somewhere between magical and dangerous.
Find original Ruud van Empel photography on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: London, United Kingdom
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 14 days of delivery.
- Sledging Rations for 1 Man for 1 DayBy Herbert George PontingLocated in London, GBStamped with Scott Polar Research Institute blind stamp and numbered 2/30 on reverse Platinum print Available in two sizes: 20 x 14 inches, edition of 30 31 1/2 x 23 inches, edition...Category
Late 20th Century Photography
MaterialsPlatinum
- Ski Adaptation for FinneskoBy Herbert George PontingLocated in London, GBStamped with Scott Polar Research Institute blind stamp and numbered 1/30 on reverse Platinum print Available in two sizes: 20 x 14 inches, edition of 30 31 1/2 x 23 inches, edition...Category
Late 20th Century Photography
MaterialsPlatinum
- Rain, Milford Sound, New Zealand, Autumn 2018 - Contemporary PhotographyBy Jem SouthamLocated in London, GBRain, Milford Sound, New Zealand, Autumn 2018 - Contemporary Photography Signed and inscribed with title and date on reverse Archival pigment print 35.5 ...Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- A Sudden Squall, The Stirling Falls, Milford Sound, New Zealand, Autumn 2018By Jem SouthamLocated in London, GBA Sudden Squall, The Stirling Falls, Milford Sound, New Zealand, Autumn 2018 Signed and inscribed with title and date on reverse Archival pigment print 35.5 x 25.75 inchess Edition o...Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Ice Calf, Glacial Lake Below Mount Cook, New Zealand - Contemporary PhotographyBy Jem SouthamLocated in London, GBIce Calf, Glacial Lake Below Mount Cook, New Zealand - Contemporary Photography Signed and inscribed with title and date on reverse Archival pigment print 35.5 x 25.75 inchess Editio...Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Dusk, Point Kean, The Kaikoura Penninsular, New Zealand, Autumn 2018By Jem SouthamLocated in London, GBDusk, Point Kean, The Kaikoura Penninsular, New Zealand, Autumn 2018 Signed and inscribed with title and date on reverse Archival pigment print 35.5 x 25.75 inchess Edition of 7 + 2 ...Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Floating DreamsBy David DrebinLocated in Munich, DEA girl swims on her back in a emerald sea. Internationally-renowned and New York City-based photographer and multidisciplinary artist David Drebin, is celebrated for creating specta...Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- The wallBy David DrebinLocated in Munich, DEThe wall in Berlin with a painted red heart on it in the dawn. Internationally-renowned and New York City-based photographer and multidisciplinary artist David Drebin, is celebrated...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Hortus NocturnumBy Carla van de PuttelaarLocated in Sante Fe, NMCarla van de Puttelaar's photographs allow the eye to touch skin on many levels. Although her primary subject is often the female body, in recent years she has also begun to examine...Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Hortus NocturnumBy Carla van de PuttelaarLocated in Sante Fe, NMCarla van de Puttelaar's photographs allow the eye to touch skin on many levels. Although her primary subject is often the female body, in recent years she has also begun to examine...Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Murder of CrowsBy Patty CarrollLocated in Sante Fe, NMAnonymous Women: Demise The subject is the conflation of woman and home. The woman is camouflaged among her domestic objects, activities, and obsessions. The still-life narratives co...Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- StairsyBy Patty CarrollLocated in Sante Fe, NMAnonymous Women: Demise The subject is the conflation of woman and home. The woman is camouflaged among her domestic objects, activities, and obsessions. The still-life narratives co...Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment