unseen
In the framework of ‘Unseen at the Gallery’ Bradwolff & Partners is
representing the work of Roy Villevoye and Katrin Korfmann at Bradwolff
Projects from October 2nd to October 4th daily from 12-18 hrs. Both
artists relate uniquely to the translating of personal contexts and
societal themes to their visual practices. Both analyze their own and at
the same time objective concepts such as nature, culture and language.
They question the world around them and position these questions central
in their work.
With an anthropological viewpoint Roy Villevoye approaches how people
relate to each other and what this means. He travels around the world
and connects with the places he goes to in an intriguing manner. Without
judgment he reflects on the complex interaction and interpretation of
cultures and economies, the friction in between them, and the dilemmas
that through the making of the work come into play. The selection of
images that are shown at Bradwolff Projects consist of
never-before-exhibited photographs from the period (2011) when he was
among the Papoua. He demonstrates in a fascinating manner this culture
with an open-mindedness. He faces his surroundings with an open mind and
thus asks the viewer for their own position. How do you relate to the
world around you is the question that Villevoye asks again and again
with a desire to tell and show stories.
Additionally, from an analytical position towards the world, Katrin
Korfmann casts a critical look on how people relate to their
surroundings. In her images she creates a tension between stillness and
movement in daily life situations that play out in the public space. For
_Rotterdam Recycling Plant_ she expands her images, multiplying or
turning them to a point where new perspectives arise and hidden aspects
become visible. This time, her newest series _Wastescapes_ is being
shown, which reflects on a contaminated cultural landscape full with
plastic waste, where a sustainable answer needs to be found. With a
photographic perspective Korfmann is searching for parallels between the
way garbage gets processed and sorted and how in the creative process
photographs are manufactured into an artwork. By approaching her
environment with concern, she invites the viewer to look conscious at
the world around them.
Roy Villevoye (1960, Maastricht) studied at the Rijksakademie van
beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, where he also has worked as an advisor. In
the late 1980s he was assistant to Sol LeWitt. He has exhibited
internationally in museums and institutions among others Stedelijk
Museum Amsterdam, Boymans van Beuningen Rotterdam, Argos Brussels and
Kyoto Arts Center, Yokohama Museum of Arts in Japan. His work is
represented in numerous private and public international collections.
Katrin Korfmann [DE,1971] studied at the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam,
where she specialised in photography and continued her research with
residencies at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, Cittadellarte in Biella
and the Chinese European Art Centre in Xiamen, China. Since the late
1990s her work has been exhibited internationally in galleries, museums,
alternative art institutions and public spaces. Her work is represented
in numerous private and public international collections. She won
several prizes for her work, including Radostar Prize (CH), Prix de Rome
(2nd prize) and the Esther Kroon Award (NL). She recently received a
Stipendium for Established Artists of the Mondriaan.
