Watching Matching Art

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🇳🇱 De serie “Watching matching art” gaat over het kijken naar kunst. Sinds 2010 fotografeer ik bezoekers in musea, op art fairs en andere locaties terwijl ze schilderijen, foto’s of andere kunstwerken bekijken. De verbindende factor is de interactie of relatie tussen het kunstwerk en de bezoekers of galeriehouders zonder dat deze zich daarvan bewust zijn. Door goed kijken en fotograferen lijken ze in mijn foto’s soms zelfs deel uit te maken van het kunstwerk en ontstaat er een match tussen beide. De foto’s zullen soms verwarren of verrassen.

🇬🇧 The series “Watching matching art” is about looking at art. I have been photographing visitors since 2010 in museums, at art fairs and other locations while viewing paintings, photographs or other works of art. But also gallery owners among the art they offer. The connecting factor is the interaction or relationship between the artwork and the visitors or gallery owners without them being aware of it. By looking closely and photographing them in the right way, in my photos they even seem to be part of the artwork and a match is created between the two. The photos will sometimes confuse or surprise.

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  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2022
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2022
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2018
  • Visitors at TEFAF. The European Fine Art Fair 2012
  • Visitor and gallery owner at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2022
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2022
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2022
  • Visitor and gallery owner at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2018
  • Visitors at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2022
  • Visitor at expo Erwin Olaf, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2019
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2016
  • Gallery owner at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2016
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2016
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2016
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2020
  • Woman watching a photo from Sebastião Salgado - Genesis at Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam 2018
  • Gallery owner at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2014
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2018
  • Visitor at David Lynch expo, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht 2019
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2018
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2016
  • Visitors at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2018
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2017
  • Gallery owners at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2016
  • Gallery owner at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2022
  • Visitor at expo Anton Corbijn - Hollands Deep, Fotomuseum Den Haag 2015
  • Visitor and gallery owner at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2019
  • Visitors looking at a wax figure at TEFAF. The European Fine Art Fair 2012
  • Visitor looking at a wax figure at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2019
  • Visitors looking at a wax figure at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2019
  • Visitors looking at a wax figureat TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2019
  • Visitor looking at a wax figure at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2019
  • Visitors looking at a wax figure at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2020
  • Visitor looking at a wax figure at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2020
  • Visitors looking at a wax figure at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2020
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2014
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2020
  • Visitor at FOAM Amsterdam 2018
  • Gallery owners at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2017
  • Gallery owner at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2022
  • Visitor at BredaPhoto Festival 2018
  • Visitor at BredaPhoto Festival 2018
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2019
  • Visitors watching painting of Minjung Kim (b. 1963 Republic of Korea) -TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2017
  • Visitor at expo Dana Lixenberg - Imperial Courts, 2016
  • Visitor at FOAM Amsterdam 2018
  • Gallery owner at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2014
  • Visitors at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2014
  • Visitors at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2015
  • Visitors at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2015
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2015
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2013
  • Gallery owner at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2015
  • Visitors at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2015
  • Visitors at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2015
  • Visitor at expo Anton Corbijn - Hollands Deep, Fotomuseum Den Haag 2015
  • Visitor at expo Anton Corbijn - Hollands Deep, Fotomuseum Den Haag 2015
  • Visitors at expo Anton Corbijn - Hollands Deep, Fotomuseum Den Haag 2015
  • Visitors at expo Anton Corbijn - Hollands Deep, Fotomuseum Den Haag 2015
  • Visitors at expo Anton Corbijn - Hollands Deep, Fotomuseum Den Haag 2015
  • Visitors at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2013
  • Gallery owners at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2013
  • Visitors at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2013
  • Gallery owner at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2013
  • Visitor at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2016
  • TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2019
  • Gallery owners at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2019
  • Gallery owner at TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair 2019
  • Visitor looking through the window at the photo exhibition Frans Grummer -Portretten van hier (1955 - 1966) at Centre Céramique Maastricht 2022
  • Visitor looking outside the window at the photo exhibition Frans Grummer - Portretten van hier (1955 - 1966) at Centre Céramique Maastricht 2022
  • Visitor at Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam 2020