Edwin Zwakman
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Edwin Zwakman is a visual artist from the Netherlands whose works explore the interaction between reality and photography. He does this with staged photography, either in his studio or in public space. Works in the studio include a long running series of pictures showing scale models of Dutch landscapes and interiors. And this landscape is itself a construct. By reconstructing it from memory, the artist reflects on the mentality of its makers and the way their world is represented in images. Works in public space concern themselves with iconic images from sites and events, often using fictitious United Nation operations to illustrate the workings of images in the media.
Edwin Zwakman studied in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Frankfurt and exhibited in the Stedelijk Museum
, Amsterdam, the European Museum for Photography, Paris, the Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Taipei/Venice Biennials, as well as in London, Luzern, Vienna, Moscow, São Paulo, Budapest, Porto, San Sebastian, Jerusalem, Brussels, San Francisco and New York among others. He had a solo exhibition in the Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, and recently in the Marseille Huis for Photography and Ludwig Forum, Germany. He is currently connected with a fellowship to the University of Derby, UK, where he also teaches photography.
Jan Debbaut, Kate Bush, Jaap Guldemond, Façades. Rotterdam (Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum/NAi Publishers) 1999
Liesbeth Melis, Jessica Powis, Marianne Brouwer,Tom van Gestel, Het Gat. Een kunstwerk van Edwin Zwakman. Amsterdam (SKOR) 2005
A selection of artist's work available online:
A selection of ongoing projects:
For a comprehensive list of solo and group exhibitions:
Edwin Zwakman studied in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Frankfurt and exhibited in the Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum
Founded in 1874, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is a museum for classic modern and contemporary art in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It has been housed on the Paulus Potterstraat, next to Museum Square Museumplein and to the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and the Concertgebouw, in Amsterdam Zuid...
, Amsterdam, the European Museum for Photography, Paris, the Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Taipei/Venice Biennials, as well as in London, Luzern, Vienna, Moscow, São Paulo, Budapest, Porto, San Sebastian, Jerusalem, Brussels, San Francisco and New York among others. He had a solo exhibition in the Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, and recently in the Marseille Huis for Photography and Ludwig Forum, Germany. He is currently connected with a fellowship to the University of Derby, UK, where he also teaches photography.
Monographs
Dennis Adams, Edwin Zwakman, New York City (Spencer Brownstone Gallery) 1997Jan Debbaut, Kate Bush, Jaap Guldemond, Façades. Rotterdam (Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum/NAi Publishers) 1999
Liesbeth Melis, Jessica Powis, Marianne Brouwer,Tom van Gestel, Het Gat. Een kunstwerk van Edwin Zwakman. Amsterdam (SKOR) 2005
External links
A selection of information on exhibitions available online:A selection of artist's work available online:
A selection of ongoing projects:
For a comprehensive list of solo and group exhibitions: