Van Santen Bolleurs

photography - conceptual - design

Van Santen Bolleurs are an artist duo from Rotterdam working at the crossroads of the disciplines, photography, video and sculpture.
Together they make colorful images and videos in which home,
garden and kitchen objects are central. They use the recognizable everyday life to give the viewer a sense of recognition, after which all assumptions and assumptions can be brought down. Symbols from the offline and online world, from the high and low culture, are mixed in surprising ways in order to create a new meaning. The duo has a predilection for surrealism and absurdity. Their humorous view of the world is intended as an antidote to our performance-oriented stress society. The work deliberately has this light-footed and accessible appearance, but contains deeper layers that only reveal themselves in the second or third instance.

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    • Public works Rotterdam

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 09-07-2020
    • Location: Rotterdam, Rotterdam
    • Public Works is an outdoor exhibition throughout the city with work by more than 400 visual artists, designers, photographers, image makers and illustrators. Simply to fill the void that had arisen and to show that imagination is better than advertising.
    • https://www.publiekewerkenrotterdam.nl/

    Art Rotterdam morning workshops SKAR

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 06-02-2020 t/m 09-02-2020
    • Location: Ackersdijkstraat 20, Rotterdam
    • Open studios during Art Rotterdam Week

    Nasty Women Amsterdam

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 08-12-2019 t/m 15-12-2019
    • Location: De Balie, Amsterdam

    Pocko Sounds of Waves Tokyo

    Exhibition / presentation

    Great Rotterdam Studio Weekend

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 26-09-2020 t/m 27-09-2020
    • Location: SKAR Ackersdijkstraat 20, Rotterdam
    • In this time of Corona it is extra difficult for artists to present their work. Exhibitions are often canceled or postponed and the public stays away. This weekend gives art lovers and collectors the opportunity to see art from more than 300 artists across 40 locations.
    • https://www.grootrotterdamsatelierweekend.nl/

    Anew-NYC

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 06-12-2012 t/m 31-12-2012
    • Location: United Photo Industries, New York
    • Anew: a Photo Exhibition That Explores Seeing Beauty in Everyday Objects Alison Zavos has teamed up with United Photo Industries to curate Anew, a group exhibition featuring nine photographers who unearth beauty in the seemingly irrelevant, everyday objects that most people disregard, revealing that unnoticed and banal items can sometimes be quite magical.
    • https://coolhunting.com/culture/anew-photography-exhibit/

    Food play - Budapest

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 21-03-2019 t/m 12-05-2020
    • Location: MKVM Museum, Budapest
    • The artists featured at this exhibition create their pieces in light of the constantly changing tastes and reference points related to eating and food. The common denominator of their works is, on one hand, food as a tool, and on the other, the playfulness of visual expression. From the pictorial world of old Dutch paintings to minimalist formulations, the team of photographers and stylists apply a wide range of styles in their creations.
    • https://www.bpartweek.hu/en/programs/2019/foodplaygastro-games/

    Feast your Eyes - NYC

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 07-01-2012 t/m 14-01-2012
    • Location: Power House Arena, New York
    • An exhibition with the best contemporary global food photography and food styling. Curation by the New York Photo Festival

    Art Rotterdam

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 04-02-2020 t/m 07-02-2020
    • Location: SKAR Ackersdijkstraat 20, Rotterdam
    • Expanding the frame. More info coming soon.
    • https://artrotterdam.com/

    Expanding the Frame

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 03-07-2021 t/m 04-07-2021
    • Location: Ackersdijkstraat 20, Rotterdam
    • Artists of Ackersdijkstraat 20 would like to invite you to Expanding the Frame, a self-initiated exhibition by Ateliers Ackersdijkstraat 20 to celebrate the start of summer and the relaxed corona measures. Cinema is the common thread that will run through the great diversity of artistic practices in the studio complex during this event.
    • https://www.instagram.com/ackersdijkstraat_20/

    Wild Summer of Art

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 01-07-2022 t/m 31-07-2022
    • Location: Brutus, Rotterdam
    • The first edition of Wild Summer of Art will take place from 1 July to 4 September 2022. An enormous exhibition with selected young talent and established names with new work by a total of 180 artists. Wild Summer of Art offers an overview of the current state of affairs.
    • https://brutus.nl/nl/programma/programma/wild+summer+of+art+part+i/

    Acknowledgments

      Pricing

    • Selection of Dutch Photography Awards 2023 - nominee

    • 2023
      Pricing

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