Vincent Rijs - Death and the Maiden
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Description from the seller
50x40cm
edition limited to 10 with certificate
40 x 50 cm Art Paper Epson Luster
Biography:
Vincent Rijs followed various photography courses: Fotovakschool, Fotogram, the Masters Portrait course at the ImageLab and analogue photographic image processes Huis Marseille in Amsterdam.
Until October 1, 2010, he was affiliated with the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Academy of Art in Amsterdam and then established himself as an autonomous photographer. In recent years Vincent has had solo exhibitions in several Amsterdam galleries, a joint exhibition in Arti et Amicitae and his portfolio is represented in Vogue Italia, among others.
Reflection and mirroring are the motifs in Vincent Rijs' photographic work. Tranquil images with a warm color palette placed in a melancholy frame, sometimes with a touch of surrealism. He finds his inspiration in the dramatic chiaroscuro of the painters of the Golden Age, Caravaggio, Rembrandt. He himself says: “I want to paint with the lens”.
His compositions seem carefully directed, the characters in the picture seem to act in their scenes, but they are not. The choreography arises quite spontaneously. The beautiful, mystical atmosphere he evokes is somewhat uncertain. Vincent uses his photography to detect whether the projected image resonates with his feeling of a certain desolation, unprotectedness. A musing, but desperate desire to see the separate components of oneself reflected in the image of the other, to make half a body whole. Curious, he looks to see if “the other” is present in the reflection and returns the affection. Do we enter a different world there that is also recognizable in a strange way?
50x40cm
edition limited to 10 with certificate
40 x 50 cm Art Paper Epson Luster
Biography:
Vincent Rijs followed various photography courses: Fotovakschool, Fotogram, the Masters Portrait course at the ImageLab and analogue photographic image processes Huis Marseille in Amsterdam.
Until October 1, 2010, he was affiliated with the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Academy of Art in Amsterdam and then established himself as an autonomous photographer. In recent years Vincent has had solo exhibitions in several Amsterdam galleries, a joint exhibition in Arti et Amicitae and his portfolio is represented in Vogue Italia, among others.
Reflection and mirroring are the motifs in Vincent Rijs' photographic work. Tranquil images with a warm color palette placed in a melancholy frame, sometimes with a touch of surrealism. He finds his inspiration in the dramatic chiaroscuro of the painters of the Golden Age, Caravaggio, Rembrandt. He himself says: “I want to paint with the lens”.
His compositions seem carefully directed, the characters in the picture seem to act in their scenes, but they are not. The choreography arises quite spontaneously. The beautiful, mystical atmosphere he evokes is somewhat uncertain. Vincent uses his photography to detect whether the projected image resonates with his feeling of a certain desolation, unprotectedness. A musing, but desperate desire to see the separate components of oneself reflected in the image of the other, to make half a body whole. Curious, he looks to see if “the other” is present in the reflection and returns the affection. Do we enter a different world there that is also recognizable in a strange way?
Details
Date of print
2022
Artist
Vincent Rijs
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Title of artwork
Death and the Maiden
Condition
Extremely fine
Technique
Digital print
Height
50 cm
Width
40 cm
Signature
Signed
Genre
Nude
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