‘The Photograph That Took the Place of a Mountain’

with work by : Paul Kooiker, Jan Hoek, Marie-José Jongerius, Stephan Keppel, Mariken Wessels, Witho Worms, Rein Jelle Terpstra

Celebrating the first anniversary of his essay volume of the same name, for a group show at Vriend van Bavink Gallery essayist Taco Hidde Bakker brings together a selection of photographic works by artists whose work he discusses in his book. The Photograph That Took the Place of a Mountain is a diverse collection of writings on the philosophy, politics, and art of photography.

May 24 - June 21

Solo EXHIBITION

SAM AndreA

In the former Art historical Institute of the University of Amsterdam Gallery Vriend van Bavink presents a big solo exhibition by Sam Andrea.

For this solo, Andrea left the Amsterdam night-time that he normally calls his home and left for Lab Kalkhorst, a castle in former East Germany. There, withdrawn from the urban noise, he tried to give way to the hysteria of Amsterdam and he exposed another aspect of the human experience.

21 – 30 juni

Location: Herengracht 286

Stijn Elshuis

‘Men zegt dat de zon een ster is’

The work of Stijn Elshuis focuses on how we experience nature in a digital age. His work reflects a digital abstraction of nature and he uses digital techniques to display natural phenomena that cannot be seen with the naked eye.

In the exhibition ’It is said that the sun is a star’, Stijn Elshuis shows two series. In addition to’ the Googlemountains series’, he shows work from ‘the Unknown Matter series’ that consists of images from NASA's image database.

april 26 - may 18