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Annet van der Voort
WILTING SPLENDOR Photographer Annet van der Voort currently calls her atelier a floral laboratory. Here she observes the transformation of tulips, which she keeps in order to use them in their… Read more
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Introduction
WILTING SPLENDOR
Photographer Annet van der Voort currently calls her atelier a floral laboratory. Here she observes the transformation of tulips, which she keeps in order to use them in their various states of expiration for her art. Her technique for producing images is modern and completely without camera. In a complex process, she scans the wilting splendor and in doing so creates a special visual space that best corresponds to her understanding of vanitas, the philosophical idea of the transience of everything mundane. Her scanograms are a modern variation on the floral painting of Holland’s gilded age.
Tulips became objects of desire in the seventeenth century. Their bulbs were auctioned at the highest prices. To show how the bulbs would flower, splendid paintings of the flora were commissioned. A true cult emerged around the floral status symbol, and thus the tulip made its way into the halls of art history. Today the flower paintings and contemporary still lifes rank among the zenith of Dutch painting.
The tulip growers outdid themselves with new color variations, but the highest goal was to create a black version. An absurd idea, it may seem – but perhaps logical when one considers the tulip’s ephemerality: blossoming beauty destined to deterioration.
Van der Voort’s work has a particular connection to that of Amsterdam’s painter Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750). Both include insects, butterflies, and other small animals in their floral compositions as essential elements. But what Ruysch employed to heighten the sense of reality, Voort consciously uses to establish a living counterpoint, to create equilibrium with the tulip’s wilting splendor.
Horst Klöver
Photographer Annet van der Voort currently calls her atelier a floral laboratory. Here she observes the transformation of tulips, which she keeps in order to use them in their various states of expiration for her art. Her technique for producing images is modern and completely without camera. In a complex process, she scans the wilting splendor and in doing so creates a special visual space that best corresponds to her understanding of vanitas, the philosophical idea of the transience of everything mundane. Her scanograms are a modern variation on the floral painting of Holland’s gilded age.
Tulips became objects of desire in the seventeenth century. Their bulbs were auctioned at the highest prices. To show how the bulbs would flower, splendid paintings of the flora were commissioned. A true cult emerged around the floral status symbol, and thus the tulip made its way into the halls of art history. Today the flower paintings and contemporary still lifes rank among the zenith of Dutch painting.
The tulip growers outdid themselves with new color variations, but the highest goal was to create a black version. An absurd idea, it may seem – but perhaps logical when one considers the tulip’s ephemerality: blossoming beauty destined to deterioration.
Van der Voort’s work has a particular connection to that of Amsterdam’s painter Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750). Both include insects, butterflies, and other small animals in their floral compositions as essential elements. But what Ruysch employed to heighten the sense of reality, Voort consciously uses to establish a living counterpoint, to create equilibrium with the tulip’s wilting splendor.
Horst Klöver
Bio
Annet van der Voort was born in The Netherlands. In 1987 she began her studies in visual communication at the Fachhochschule in Dortmund and received her designer’s degree in 1993. She taught classes at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1998 and 1999. In addition to her artistic work, van der Voort is also a freelance publicist. She lives and works in Drensteinfurt, Germany.
Collections
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
European Polaroid Collection, Prag, Czech Republic
Industriemuseum, Dortmund, Germany
National Museum of Photography, Bradford, UK
Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Stadtmuseum, Münster, Germany
Gasunie, Groningen, Netherlands
La Filature, Mulhouse, France
Various private collections
European Polaroid Collection, Prag, Czech Republic
Industriemuseum, Dortmund, Germany
National Museum of Photography, Bradford, UK
Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Stadtmuseum, Münster, Germany
Gasunie, Groningen, Netherlands
La Filature, Mulhouse, France
Various private collections
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
| 2019 | Deutsches Marinemuseum, Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
| 2016 | AnzenbergerGallery (with Pawel Zak), Vienna, Austria |
| 2017 | Galerie, Aelderhooghe, Aalden, Netherlands |
| 2013 | Arbeit & Leben, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2012 | Städtische Galerie, Markdorf, Germany |
| 2011 | Kunstmuseum, Ahlen, Germany |
| Städtische Galerie, Iserlohn, Germany | |
| 2010 | FotoFreo, Fremantle, Australia |
| Photaumnales, Beauvais, France | |
| 2009 | DGB, Berlin, Germany |
| 2008 | Kreismuseum Wewelsburg, Büren, Germany |
| 2006 | Stadtmuseum, Münster, Germany |
| 2005 | Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France |
| 2004 | Botschaft der Niederlande, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2003 | Fotofestival Odense, Denmark |
| 1998 | Museet for Fotokunst (with J.Jensen), Odense, Denmark |
| Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany | |
| 1997 | Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 1995 | Galerie Im Kabinett (with E. Vargas), Berlin, Germany |
| 1992 | Alte Synagoge, Essen, Germany |
| 1991 | Bundesgartenschau, Dortmund, Germany |
Group Exhibitions
| 2019 | Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece |
| 2018 | Kunstverein, Sundern, Germany |
| 2017 | Museum of Modern Art, Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 2016 | Stadtmuseum Münster, Germany |
| 2015 | Landesmuseum Hanover, Germany |
| 2014 | Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany |
| Museum Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany | |
| 2013 | Centro Cultural, University Lima, Peru |
| Deutsches Hygienemuseum, Dresden, Germany | |
| Deutsches Naturkundemuseum, Berlin, Germany | |
| Courthouse Gallery, Port Hedland, Australia | |
| FORM Gallery, Perth, Australia | |
| 2012 | Städtische Galerie, Lüdenscheid, Germany |
| 2011 | Getxophoto, Bilbao, Spain |
| 2010 | Beter dan God, Enschede, The Netherlands |
| 2008 | Septembre de la Photographie, Lyon, France |
| 2007 | Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France |
| La Filature, Mulhouse, France | |
| Kunstspeicher Würzburg, Germany | |
| 2006 | Langhals galleri, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Gasunie, Groningen, Netherlands | |
| Festival of photography, Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 2005 | Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, Netherlands |
| Imagine China Gallery, Shanghai, China | |
| 2004 | Photofestival Exposure, Hereford, UK |
| 2001 | Nikolaj Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark | |
| 1999 | Monat der Fotografie im Ruhrgebiet, Dortmund, Germany |
| 1998 | Zomer van de Fotografie, Antwerp, Belgium |
| Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany | |
| 1997 | Mois de la Photo, Montreal, Canada |
| 1995 | National Museum of Photography, Bradford, UK |
| 1990 | Salon des Refusés, Dortmund, Germany |
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