Lidwien van de Ven

Lidwien van de Ven (* 1963 in Hulst ) is a Dutch photographer and video artist . Her photographic works are predominantly in black and white and take on topics related to the perception of reality conveyed by the media .

life and work

Lidwien van de Ven was born in Hulst in the Dutch province of Zeeland . In 1985 she started working as a photographer at the age of 22. Due to the nature of her subjects - for example demonstrations or people in war and catastrophe - her artistic work is close to press and travel photography. Your photos are often presented in prints that are reminiscent of advertising posters due to their size and hanging. Since 1995 she has also been working as a video artist.

"For me photography is not primarily a means of representation, but a medium that always obliges you to express yourself vis à vis the real world [...] I think that via the photographic image you end up exactly on the border between representation and reality; not just for me, but also in terms of how it intervenes in the social; in terms of how things are photographable; or on the contrary cannot be registered because of technical limitations; or because of a prohibition or because it just doesn't allow itself to be represented. "

- Lidwien van de Ven : Interview with Mariska van de Berg in Seule / la main qui efface / peut écrire .

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 2003: Lidwien van de Ven , Magasin - Center National d'art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble .
• 2001: Lidwien van de Ven: Seul / la main qui efface / peut écrire , shown in the Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst , Antwerp. and in the museum het Domein, Sittard .
• 1997: Still (Untitled) Brandenburg Art Collections Cottbus and Art Association Braunschweig .
• 1993: Lidwien van de Ven , Künstlerhaus Bethanien , Berlin.

Participation in group exhibitions (selection)

• 2007: Collectiepresentatie XXI , MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp .
• 2007: documenta 12 , Kassel. The work document was shown .
• 2006: Choosing my Religion , Kunstmuseum Thun , Thun.
• 2006: Saudades , shown in Crac Alsace, Altkirch and in the Museum het Domein, Sittard.
• 2006: Biennale of Sydney 2006 , Sydney .
• 2006: Netherland Now: the Northern School , Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris .
• 2006: Stories, History , Winterthur Photo Museum , Winterthur.
• 2005: Be what you want but stay where you are . Witte de With , Rotterdam.
• 2003: Lieux et non-lieux de l'actualité , VOX contemporary image, Montreal .
• 1996: Contemporary photo art from the Netherlands , shown in the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK), the Badischer Kunstverein ( Karlsruhe ), and the Hallesches Kunstverein ( Halle ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Lidwien van de Ven in the catalog of the German National Library
• Materials from and about Lidwien van de Ven in the documenta archive
• Lidwien van de Ven at Photography now, Berlin.
• Lidwien van de Ven on kunstaspekte.de
• Interview with Lidwien van de Ven as part of documenta 12.
• Lidwien van de Ven at the Paul Andriesse Gallery, Amsterdam.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Translation: "For me, photography is not primarily a means of representation, but a medium that constantly obliges you to express yourself vis-à-vis reality. [...] I think that you move with the photographic image exactly on the border between image and reality. This applies not only to me, but also to the encroachment on society that a photo represents; for the question of whether things can be photographed; or on the contrary, because of technical limitations, they cannot be recorded; or cannot be photographed because of a ban or because it is simply not allowed. "
2. ^ Lidwien van de Ven: Seule / la main qui efface / peut écrire . Artimo, Amsterdam 2003.
3. ↑ Lidwien van de Ven , Magasin - Center National d'art Contemporain de Grenoble, March 16 - September 14, 2003. Available online ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 22, 2008.) 
4. ^ Lidwien van de Ven [Seul / la main qui efface / peut écrire] . Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp, February 17 - April 29, 2001. Catalog published by Artimo, Amsterdam 2003. Available online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 22, 2008.)  
5. ^ Lidwien van de Ven: Seul / la main qui efface / peut écrire , Museum het Domein (Sittard), September 9 - October 21, 2001. Available online (Accessed May 22, 2008.)
6. ↑ Still (Untitled) . Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen Cottbus, April 15 - May 25, 1997 and Kunstverein Braunschweig, September - October 1997. Catalog published by Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen, Cottbus 1997. ISBN 3-928696-61-0 .
7. ^ Lidwien van de Ven , Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin), January 29 - February 14, 1993. Catalog published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 1993. ISBN 90-73215-09-9 . Available online ( memento of the original from March 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 22, 2008.) 
8. ↑ Collectiepresentatie XXI , MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp, December 1, 2007 - February 10, 2008. Available online ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 21, 2008.) 
9. ^ Documenta 12 , Kassel. June 16 - September 23, 2007. About the works by Lidwien van de Ven shown on the official documenta blog: Available online ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed April 29, 2008) 
10. ↑ Choosing my Religion , Kunstmuseum Thun, September 15 - November 19, 2006. Catalog published by Kunstmuseum Thun 2006. ISBN 3-906-53720-X . Available online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 21, 2008.)  
11. ↑ Saudades , Crac Alsace, Altkirch, June 14 - August 20, 2006. Available online ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 21, 2008.) 
12. ↑ Saudades , Museum het Domein, Sittard, August 27 - September 17, 2006. Available online (Retrieved May 21, 2008.)
13. ^ Biennale of Sydney 2006 . Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, June 8th - August 27th, 2006. Available online ( memento of the original from June 30th, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 22, 2008.) 
14. ^ Netherland Now: the Northern School , Maison Européene de la Photographie (Paris), March 15 - June 11, 2006. Curated by Elisabeth Nora and Willem van Zoetendaal. Available online - Spring 2006 ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 22, 2008.) 
15. ^ Stories, History , Set 3 from the collection of the Fotomuseum Winterthur, March 4 - November 5, 2006. Curated by Thomas Seelig. Catalog published by Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur 2006. Available online ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 22, 2008.) 
16. ↑ Be what you want but stay where you are . Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam. April 29 - June 19, 2005. Curated by Ruth Noack and Roger M. Buergel. Witte de With presents from April 29 till June 19 the exhibition? Be what you want but stay where you are? ( Memento of November 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved May 22, 2008.)
17. ^ Lieux et non-lieux de l'actualité , VOX contemporary image (Montreal), September 3 - November 2, 2003. Curated by Vincent Lavoie. Available online (Retrieved May 22, 2008.)
18. ^ Contemporary photo art from the Netherlands , Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, June 7 to July 28, 1996, in the Badischer Kunstverein, October 20 to December 1, 1996, and in the Halleschen Kunstverein, March 9 to April 13, 1997. Catalog published by Edition Braus, Heidelberg. ISBN 3-89466-168-2 . Available online ( memento of the original dated November 6, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 22, 2008.)