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Marcel Heijnen
PHOTOGRAPHER

Marcel Heijnen es artista visual, diseñador y músico. Originario de los Países Bajos, Asia ha sido su hogar desde 1992. La creatividad de Marcel está impulsada por una curiosidad general sobre la vida y su significado. Actualmente utiliza la fotografía como medio principal de su arte, explorando sus límites en una búsqueda de la belleza y la expresión que va más allá del realismo, pero quizás se acerca un poco más a la verdad. En los últimos años ha realizado exposiciones individuales en Month of Photography Asia, Vue Privée y Galeri Utama. Ha participado en numerosas exposiciones colectivas y en Affordable Art Fairs tanto en Singapur como en Hong Kong. Está representado por Eduard Planting Gallery en Amsterdam y sus obras se exhiben en varios G.O.D. Puntos de venta en Hong Kong.

Exposiciones

2019
Exposición colectiva en G.O.D. PMQ, Hong Kong

2018
Hong Kong Garage Dogs Lanzamiento y exposición del libro, G.O.D. Hong Kong
Post No Bills, exposición individual PolyU School of Design, Hong Kong

2017
Feria de arte asequible, Hong Kong
Exposición de bigotes chinos, Yu Lok Lane, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Market Cats Lanzamiento y exposición del libro, G.O.D. Hong Kong
Feria de arte Kunstrai, Eduard Planting Gallery, Ámsterdam

2016
Feria de arte asequible, Hong Kong
Lanzamiento del libro Chinese Whiskers y exposición individual, Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong
Feria de Arte PAN, Eduard Planting Gallery, Ámsterdam

Contacto

Instagram: @chinesewhiskers

Sitio web: http://www.marcelheijnen.com/

"Quest"
100x100cm
Archival photo print and recycle plastic tile on Dibond panel
2020

"Quest"

This work features a single photograph taken at a Hong Kong tram stop last year. The energetic texture is actually a result of cleaning up some graffiti. An edit, an ‘overwrite’. I’ve combined this with the Chinese character “征”, which means ‘Expedition’, ‘To Conquer’. These days we are so overwhelmed with information that it’s hard to tell what is fact and what is fiction. As we are generally more sensitive to fictitious stories than facts, there’s an effective Quest going on in today’s world, a Quest for our attention, and subsequent action, or inaction. As Yuval Noah Harari says: we are being hacked. What is real, what is fake, and more importantly: what really matters?

"Good art generally creates thought(and emotion)-provoking triggers. Sustainability and the human relationship to our environment and fellow earthlings are big important themes that need continuous push for attention and urgency in that."
-Marcel Heijnen

Marcel Heijnen PHOTOGRAPHER

"Good art generally creates thought(and emotion)-provoking triggers. Sustainability and the human relationship to our environment and fellow earthlings are big important themes that need continuous push for attention and urgency in that." -Marcel Heijnen

Other works

Marcel Heijnen
PHOTOGRAPHER

"Good art generally creates thought(and emotion)-provoking triggers. Sustainability and the human relationship to our environment and fellow earthlings are big important themes that need continuous push for attention and urgency in that."
-Marcel Heijnen