Nowadays, plastic is an inevitable matter of our society. Everything is made out of plastic, because of the durability and just because plastic is handy and useful. But actually it disfigures our environment permanently with ever-growing garbage mountains: plastic will be the environmental problem of the future.
And besides that, plastic is increasingly used as decoration. You name something and it's probably copied and made out of this material. Well, this was what inspired photographer Richard Kuiper to make his own still lifes of this century: illuminated plastic everyday objects, in Golden Age style.
Still lifes with flowers, food, Chinese porcelain, beautiful silver and golden wine coolers, candlesticks en other normal utensils. At first sight, the objects look like they should, but when you look a little longer, they're not what they appear: the exhibition is a display of 17th century art with a remarkable twist.
The Dutch still life in plastic - Richard Kuiper
May 15th - May 30th 2010
Gallery Home , Amsterdam
Written for BLEND.
Still lifes with flowers, food, Chinese porcelain, beautiful silver and golden wine coolers, candlesticks en other normal utensils. At first sight, the objects look like they should, but when you look a little longer, they're not what they appear: the exhibition is a display of 17th century art with a remarkable twist.
The Dutch still life in plastic - Richard Kuiper
May 15th - May 30th 2010
Gallery Home , Amsterdam
Written for BLEND.
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