Urban Stills (2010 - to this day)
Karin Buchholtz
Karin Buchholtz, artist from Nijmegen The Netherlands ( Artez 2003) started in 2010 the project 'Urban Stills'
This project is based on selfmade photographs on different locations in big cities all over the world. These photographs are made secretly, in rural settings. Why are they made made secretly? That's because when people know they are being photographed they either pose or don't like it and get angry.
So the moment of the photograph is gone.
Sometimes, like in Los Angeles, the beach of Santa Monica can act as a location just like the zoo of Amsterdam 'Artis' can be a location for an 'Urban Still' (see photograph)
These self made photo are printed on canvas and as in the last 'Urban Still' I create more depth and structure by using besides paint also oil crayons.
This project is based on selfmade photographs on different locations in big cities all over the world. These photographs are made secretly, in rural settings. Why are they made made secretly? That's because when people know they are being photographed they either pose or don't like it and get angry.
So the moment of the photograph is gone.
Sometimes, like in Los Angeles, the beach of Santa Monica can act as a location just like the zoo of Amsterdam 'Artis' can be a location for an 'Urban Still' (see photograph)
These self made photo are printed on canvas and as in the last 'Urban Still' I create more depth and structure by using besides paint also oil crayons.
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Urban Stills (2010- heden)
Karin Buchholtz
De Nijmeegse Beeldend
Kunstenaar Karin Buchholtz (Artez 2003)
is in 2010 begonnen met het project “Urban Stills”.
Dit project, waar ik al
verschillende jaren mee bezig ben, is gebaseerd op door mijzelf gemaakte foto’s
op locaties in diverse grote steden in binnen- en buitenland. Deze foto’s noem
ik “stiekeme foto’s” waarbij mensen in een stedelijke omgeving gefotografeerd worden. Waarom
stiekem? Omdat als mensen zien dat ze (indirect) gefotografeerd worden of als
ik toestemming vraag het moment weg is; ze gaan poseren of worden boos.
Soms, zoals in Los Angeles,
kan het strand van Santa Monica als locatie gelden. Of, zoals in de meest
recente “Urban Still” dierentuin Artis
in Amsterdam de fotolocatie werd (zie hierboven, foto).
De toegepaste techniek houdt
in dat de door mijzelf gemaakte foto’s op canvas worden afgedrukt en meerwaarde
krijgen doordat ik ze bewerk met verf en zoals in de laatste ‘Urban Still’ ook
met oliepastel.”
