Modern still life, about the beauty of the transient.
In the summer of 2019 I was inspired by flowers. My house turned into a sea of flowers. Beautiful, new material for me; also very challenging, because as a photographer you have to adapt to the life cycle of each flower. And what turned out: flowers are also beautiful when they are decaying.
I strolled through markets, looking for the most beautiful flowers, composed bouquets and painted the background canvases myself, drawing inspiration from mystical skies and a deep blue that you can sometimes observe during 'the blue hour', when the sun has set.
For the photography I used natural daylight, just like in 17th century painting. Rembrandt light.
The theme in this work is 'wabi sabi'. In traditional Japanese aesthetics this means: accepting transience and imperfection. A beauty that is 'imperfect, transient and incomplete' in nature.
Are you curious about this bouquet in an exciting, stylish version with naked women's buttocks, looking like a marble table? Then take a look at my website for the making of video and a limited edition. https://www.remkespijkers.com/artwork/b-l-oo-m
Remke Spijkers (1973, Utrecht, Netherlands)
Already as a child, I inherited my passion for photography from my father. My parents often took me out into nature and I would observe my father photographing mosses, animals and landscapes. Since 2008 I'm working full-time as a professional photographer.
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