Fabrice Fouillet
Artist Feature
Every week an artist is featured whose single image was published by Der Greif. The Feature shows the image in the original context of the series.
Julie van der Vaart - Le Sentiment De L’Éphémère
Jun 25, 2014
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»What the photograph reproduces to infinity has occured only once: the photograph mechanically repeats what could never be repeated existentially« - Roland Barthes »Le Sentiment De L’Éphémère« is a personal project that revolves around the realisation that nothing is forever. The urge to capture - intimate - moments of everyday life came from the this haunting thought, but it wasn’t until the sudden loss of a family member that I started this series. I think it is a very human thing to do, wanting to keep things close to you by »capturing« them in a photograph; and it is something that people have done for ages. It is also a very paradoxical thing to do: while taking a photograph the moment is already slipping through your fingers. The photograph thereby always refers to the past. Even though this is a very personal project, the pictures are bound to space nor time, Which creates a certain distance, making it possible for the viewer to identify himself with it.Artist Blog
The blog of Der Greif is written entirely by the artists who have been invited to doing an Artist-Feature. Every week, we have a different author.
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Dorien Jorissen
Jun 30, 2014 - Julie van der Vaart
Dorien Jorissen is a friend of mine. We met at a group-exhibition where our work was shown together in the same room. I think I was drawn to her paintings not only because of the aesthetic value but most of all because of the strong link there is between some of our work. When I asked about her paintings she only replied with »I try to create a mysterious atmosphere«. Her inspiration comes from an archive of family pictures, where she carefully selects scenes that raise more questions than it answers.
Lindley Warren – The Ones We Love
Jun 27, 2014 - Julie van der Vaart
Lindley Warren is the creator/curator of The Photographic Dictionary, Flourish Flori and my favorite: The Ones We Love. She gives upcoming photographers a chance to show their work through these online platforms and I have discovered lots of great new talent on them. »The Ones We Love is an intimate platform for upcoming photographers from around the world to portray the people they love, cherish, and find inspiration within.« - Lindley Warren She recently made a book »The Ones We Love Volume 1«, which can be pre-ordered until the 1st of July on the website. www.theoneswelove.net
Spleen
Jun 26, 2014 - Julie van der Vaart
A new series in progress I started in 2014. Inspired by a poem by Charles Baudelaire. »Quand le ciel bas et lourd pèse comme un couvercle Sur l’esprit gémissant en proie aux longs ennuis, Et que de l’horizon embrassant tout le cercle II nous verse un jour noir plus triste que les nuits.«