Boy - Ruud van Empel (Colour Photography)
View Similar Items
Ruud van EmpelBoy - Ruud van Empel (Colour Photography)2014
2014
About the Item
- Creator:Ruud van Empel (1958, Dutch)
- Creation Year:2014
- Dimensions:Height: 78.75 in (200.03 cm)Width: 56.5 in (143.51 cm)
- Medium:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU886099192
Ruud van Empel
Original Ruud van Empel photocollages and prints have a number of disquieting aspects to them. The Dutch artist has gained an international following that includes Elton John, who dedicated a song to him.
Van Empel’s wide-eyed children, both of African and of European descent, project an innocence reminiscent of storybook illustrations or even the kitschy big-eyed kids painted by Margaret Keane. They are often exquisitely dressed, in clothes that look stylish but slightly out of date. They frequently inhabit improbable settings — a lush forest setting, a moonlit desert or jungle — again reminiscent of fairy tales. But the unreality of these beguiling kids owes much to the process by which they were created.
They have been photoshopped into being through a patchwork of features manipulated on the computer. The settings they inhabit also come about through photocollage: The Guardian reported that van Empel wanders “through Dutch forests, in search of fine leaves, perfect branches, and the right waters. Only to tear it apart and spend weeks reconstructing it all until both the person and the setting match his desired standard of photorealism.”
Van Empel was born in the small town of Breda and studied at the local art academy before moving to Amsterdam to pursue a serious career as a fine-art photographer. The earliest series to attract critical interest, “The Office” (1995), depicted staid office workers amid improbable props, referencing early 20th-century photomontage. As he has matured as an artist over the past 25 years, however, he has mastered a kind of realism that is somewhere between magical and dangerous.
Find original Ruud van Empel photography on 1stDibs.
- Red Chairs, Times Square, New York City, 1995 - Andrew Moore (Colour)By Andrew MooreLocated in London, GBSigned on reverse Archival pigment print Available in three sizes: 50 x 40 inches, from an edition of 5 60 x 50 inches, from an edition of 5 90 x 70 inches, from an edition of 5 Ac...Category
1990s Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Dawn #1 - Ruud van Empel (Colour Photography)By Ruud van EmpelLocated in London, GBDawn #1 - Ruud van Empel (Colour Photography) Signed, dated. Inscribed with title and numbered on reverse Archival pigment print 33 x 23 1/2 inches From an edition of 13 + 2 APs Ruu...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
Price Upon Request - Moon #7 - Ruud van Empel (Colour Photography)By Ruud van EmpelLocated in London, GBMoon #7 - Ruud van Empel (Colour Photography) Signed, dated, inscribed with title and numbered on reverse Archival pigment print 33 x 23 1/2 inches Edition of...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
Price Upon Request - Collage #2 - Ruud van Empel (Colour Photography)By Ruud van EmpelLocated in London, GBCollage #2 - Ruud van Empel (Colour Photography) Signed, dated. Inscribed with title and numbered on reverse Archival pigment print 59 x 41 1/4 inches From an edition of 7 + 2 APs R...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
Price Upon Request - Buchanan's, North Carolina, 2016 - Andrew Moore (Colour Photography)By Andrew MooreLocated in London, GBSigned on reverse Archival pigment print Available in three sizes: 40 x 50 inches, from an edition of 5 50 x 60 inches, from an edition of 5 70 x 90 inches, from an edition of 5 Ac...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Restoration Studio, St. Petersburg, 2002 - Andrew Moore (Colour Photography)By Andrew MooreLocated in London, GBSigned on reverse Archival pigment print Available in three sizes: 40 x 50 inches, from an edition of 5 50 x 60 inches, from an edition of 5 70 x 90 inches, from an edition of 5 Ac...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Hunter Thompson and Anita Bejmuk at home, Aspen, Colorado, 7 July 2002By Jonathan BeckerLocated in New York, NYHunter Thompson and Anita Bejmuk at home, Aspen, Colorado, 7 July 2002 X Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 44" x 44.5" Archival Pigment Pr...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Bunny Lambert Mellon’s potting shed, Upperville, Virginia, 31 May 2010By Jonathan BeckerLocated in New York, NYBunny Lambert Mellon’s potting shed, Upperville, Virginia, 31 May 2010 "Trompe l'oeil (and not)" Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 28" x 28.5...Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- at the Darulaman Palace, Kabul, August 2003By Jonathan BeckerLocated in New York, NYat the Darulaman Palace, Kabul, August 2003 X Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 28" x 28.5" Archival Pigment Print Edition Nº 1 of 15 Certificate of Origin Signed and T...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Chez Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bel Air, California, 5 May 2007By Jonathan BeckerLocated in New York, NYChez Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bel Air, California, 5 May 2007 X Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 44" x 44.5" Archival Pigment Print Edition Nº 1 of 9 Ce...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Yanomami, Amazonia, Brazil, January 1995By Jonathan BeckerLocated in New York, NYYanomami, Amazonia, Brazil, January 1995 X Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 28" x 28.5" Archival Pigment Print Edition Nº 2 of 9 Certificate of Origin Signed and Titled...Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Chevalier André Leon Talley on the Pont Alexandre III, Paris, 30 June 2013By Jonathan BeckerLocated in New York, NYChevalier André Leon Talley on the Pont Alexandre III at six in the morning, Paris, 30 June 2013 Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 44" x ...Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment