HANS WITHOOS (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Tulips of Hope, 2019 60 x 40 inches - Edition of 9 Fine art inkjet print on special paper rag, on Dibond with a certified Liquid Gloss finish. Frameless, floating on the wall. Hans Withoos career spans more than twenty years worldwide. After graduating from the Art Academy. He specializes in fashion and video/photography. Although highly successful in his international fashion work, he is also prolific in his autonomous work, making many photography series over the years. Mostly situated in recognizable places and cities around the world. His fascination is with beauty in all its aspects. In his new series: ” Still Life” he brings the beauty and the light of the 17-century Dutch old masters into life again. Hans Withoos photography is set in a world simultaneously familiar and different. In Withoos exaggerated scenes, the figures crowding the images become archetypes, and the viewer is overcome by a sense of alienation. The work is full of layered, staged images with idiosyncratic aesthetics. Sometimes the photographs evoke emotions related to suffering, sensuality and hidden oppressiveness. At other times the images depict the complete opposite and are deliberately emotionless.
