Edwin Zwakman
Edwin Zwakman (born 18 October 1969, The Hague) is a visual artist from the Netherlands whose works explore the interaction between reality and photography. He does this with staged photography, either in his studio or in public space. Works in the studio include a long-running series of pictures showing scale models of Dutch landscapes and interiors.
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Edwin Zwakman
- Born
- 1969 · The Hague.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- photographer · artist
- Education
- Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
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Edwin Zwakman (born 18 October 1969, The Hague) is a visual artist from the Netherlands whose works explore the interaction between reality and photography. He does this with staged photography, either in his studio or in public space. Works in the studio include a long-running series of pictures showing scale models of Dutch landscapes and interiors.
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Works in public space concern themselves with iconic images from sites and events, often using fictitious United Nation operations to illustrate the workings of images in the media. Zwakman studied in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Frankfurt and exhibited in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the European Museum for Photography, Paris, the Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Taipei/Venice Biennials, as well as in London, Luzern, Vienna, Moscow, São Paulo, Budapest, Porto, San Sebastian, Jerusalem, Brussels, San Francisco and New York among others. He has had solo exhibitions in the Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, the Huis Marseille Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, and Ludwig Forum, Germany. He currently has a fellowship at the University of Derby, UK, where he also teaches photography.
Edwin Zwakman studied at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Work by Edwin Zwakman is recorded in the collections of Wallonia-Brussels Federation Museum of Contemporary Arts, Van Abbemuseum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Collection Vedute.
Dennis Adams, Edwin Zwakman, New York City (Spencer Brownstone Gallery) 1997 Jan Debbaut, Kate Bush, Jaap Guldemond, Façades. Rotterdam (Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum/NAi Publishers) 1999 Liesbeth Melis, Jessica Powis, Marianne Brouwer, Tom van Gestel, Het Gat. Een kunstwerk van Edwin Zwakman. Amsterdam (SKOR) 2005
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1969
Edwin Zwakman born at The Hague.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5346934: Edwin Zwakman
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 10363912-3, Exhibition Edwin Zwakman: Fake but Accurate (2008 : Amsterdam).
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 10363912-3, Exhibition Edwin Zwakman: Fake but Accurate (2008 : Amsterdam).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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