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until 19.07. | #4631ARTatBerlin | CAMERA WORK shows from 7th June 2025 the exhibition by the artist Ruud van Empel.
Galerie CAMERA WORK presents the first solo exhibition of the renowned Dutch artist Ruud van Empel in Germany from 7 June 2025. With a selection of 20 works from twelve series, the exhibition provides a comprehensive insight into the work of the artist, whose works operate at the interface of photography, digital art and painting. Van Empel is internationally renowned for his surreal, hyper-realistic photo collages, which develop a fascinating, unique visual language and reveal dreamy yet profound worlds.
The exhibition includes works from the series Floresta, Voyage Pitoresque, Dawn, Generation, World, Moon, Floresta Negra, Photosketch, Perception, Collage, Sunday and Boy & Girl. Each of these series is characterised by a visual signature that oscillates between depictions of nature, nostalgic childhood moments and cultural reflections. While the Floresta series shows lush, natural scenery in intense colours, Generation deals with the depiction of childhood and identity. In Moon and World, van Empel creates strange, almost mystical landscapes reminiscent of utopian or dream-like worlds. Voyage Pitoresque and Dawn, on the other hand, take up classic pictorial motifs and transform them into a new, digitally exaggerated reality. The collages from Photosketch and Perception reveal experimental facets of his work, in which fragmented forms and surprising compositions dominate.
Ruud van Empel (*1958) is one of the most important contemporary artists in the field of digital photographic art. With a background in graphic design, he develops compositions that are reminiscent of the masters of Dutch painting, particularly in their sophisticated lighting and detailed staging. His works are exhibited in museums and art institutions worldwide, including the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (2023) and the George Eastman House in New York (2006) and are represented in numerous renowned art collections, including several works in the Elton John Collection.
Opening: Saturday, 7th June 2025, 11 am to 6 pm
Exhibition dates: Saturday, 7th June to Saturday, 19 July 2025
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Caption Title: (f.l.t.r) Ruud van Empel; Dawn #4, 2008 / Floresta #01, 2018 / World #21, 2019
Exhibition Ruud van Empel | Camera Work | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin
