THE WORLD THAT SURROUNDS ME 2010-2017 ERWIN VAN DEN BRANDE
THE WORLD THAT SURROUNDS ME 2010-2017
ERWIN VAN DEN BRANDE
The beginning and starting point of Erwin Van den Brande’s works are images, movies, objects and scenes from everyday life that amaze, inspire or bring him piece of mind. It is all about man’s quest for tranquility, aestheticism, for “being” instead of “doing”, for confirmation and structure in our life. This often reveals humanity’s pettiness and a sense of absurdity. Erwin Van den Brande’s images intend to derive reality of its context and thus render it timeless. He portrays reality as he experiences it, not as he or we see it. This allows him to distance himself from the actual world and from society. The images’ aim is to create an idyll and a utopia: a space for reflection, contemplation and tranquility. A stimulus to daydream. The common thread through his work is nostalgia, with which he connects the “past” to the “present”. This nostalgia is emphasized both thematically and formally. For example, by means of desaturating colours, playing with focus and highlighting elements from the past. Erwin Van den Brande’s images have a clear and defined line, are abstract and focus on the essence. The colours are desaturated to combine the strengths of both colour and black-white pictures. With their vast aesthetic appeal, Erwin Van den Brande’s images want to take the spectator on a journey of reflection and contemplation.
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THE WORLD THAT SURROUNDS ME
ENCOUNTERS
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Sunday at the Museum
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A Spirit of a Horse
The Jury
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Changing of the Guards
Freedom
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Frustration
Present
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Hotel
Gender Equity
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Confidence
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After a few Days
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HUMAN LANDSCAPES
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Lonely
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Room with a View
The Island
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Mandala
Best of both Worlds
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Natural Park
Memory Lane
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Beyond Repair
Beautiful Hazards
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Restoration
Endless Loop
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A Road on a Mountain
Sustainability
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50 Shades
Twentieth Century
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The Rules of the Game I
Gambling
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Heaven
Second Line
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Swimming Pools
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Room with (no) View
11956
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THE WORLD THAT SURROUNDS ME
INTERIORS
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Sunday at the Museum II
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Prada
Inox
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Midweek
Golden Cage
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Contradictio
Blue Sky
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STILL LIFE
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Final Curtains
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Perfection
Celestine Prophecy
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Empty House
Perfect Reflections
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Endless Peace
After Hours
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Borderless
Eight Hours a Day
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THE WORLD THAT SURROUNDS ME
THE RULES OF THE GAME
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The Rules of the Game II
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The Rules of the Game III
The Rules of the Game IV
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The Rules of the Game V
The Rules of the Game VI
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The Rules of the Game VII
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PRESENTATION OF THE ARTWORK DETAILS OF THE IMAGES BIO ARTIST BACKGROUND INFO
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Size 105 x 75cm Lamda print on diasec (2 x 4mm) Alumiunium frame on back Max 10 prints and 2 artist proofs Signed and Certified
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Sunday at the Museum - London - UK - 2006 A Spirit of a Horse - Uccle - Belgium - 2008 The Jury - Uccle - Belgium - 2008 Changing of the Guards - Calpe - Spain - 2014 Freedom - Barcelona - Spain - 2010 Frustration - Rome - Italy - 2011 Present - Grachen - Switserland - 2010 Hotel - Milan - Italy - 2010 Gender Equity - Milan - Italy - 2014 Confidence - Lisbon - Portugal - 2012 After a few Days - Sicily - Italy - 2011 Lonely - Zermatt - Switserland - 2010 Room with a View - Rome - Italy - 2011 The Island - Antwerp - Belgium - 2010 Natural Park - Calpe - Spain - 2014 Best of both Worlds - Valencia - Spain - 2014 Beyond Repair - Brighton - UK - 2012 Mandala - Lago di Maggiore - Italy - 2014 Beautiful Hazards - Sottogrande - Spain - 2013 Memory Lane - Calpe - Spain - 2014 Restoration - Antwerp - Belgium - 2008 Endless Loop - Mont Ventoux - France - 2007 A Road on a Mountain - Mont Ventoux - France - 2008 Sustainability - Grachen - Switserland - 2008 50 Shades - Antwerp - Belgium - 2015 Twentieth Century - Antwerp - Belgium - 2010 The Rules of the Game I - Lisbon - Portugal -- 201 Gambling - Lago di Maggiore - Italy - 2014
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Heaven - Barcelona - Spain - 2010 Second Line - Spain - 2014 Swimming Pools - Sottogrande - Spain - 2013 Room with (no) View - Copenhagen - Denmark - 2010 11956 - Tyne Cot - Belgium - 2013 Sunday at the Museum II - Paris - France - 2009 Prada - Milan - Italy - 2016 Inox - Barelona - Spain - 2012 Midweek - Sussex - UK - 2012 Golden Cage - Cascais - Portugal - 2013 Contradictio - Calpe - Spain - 2014 Blue Sky - Barcelona - Spain - 2012 Final Curtains - Barcelona - Spain - 2012 Perfection - Antwerp - Belgium - 2013 Celestine Prophecy - St-CĂŠcile-de-Provence - France - 2008 Empty House - Amsterdam - The Netherlands - 2013 Perfect Reflections - Antwerp - Belgium - 2012 Endless Peace - Sicily - Italy - 2010 After Hours - Sicily - Italy - 2010 Borderless - Brussels - Belgium - 2014 Eight Hours a Day - Lisbon - Portugal - 2012 The Rules of the Game II - Cascais - Portugal - 2013 The Rules of the Game III - Antwerp - Belgium - 2010 The Rules of the Game IV - Eindhoven - Netherlands - 2008 The Rules of the Game V - Antwerp - Belgium - 2010 The Rules of the Game VI - Antwerp - Belgium - 2010 The Rules of the Game VII - Antwerp - Belgium - 2011
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Erwin Van den Brande lives and workes in Antwerp, Belgium. At the early age of 17 years old, Erwin Van den Brande was already a photographer. As many 70’s youths he was confronted with the budding medium that was photography. As so many others, he discovered the joys of having his own dark room. Albeit in those days his areas of interest were typically rock concerts and holiday photography, he was awarded various prizes. In that respect Erwin Van den Brande was ranked 2nd during the Procter&Gamble International competition for best “Dreft” advert and he won a photography competition pertaining to old buildings in Mechelen by entering a photo collage. During a lengthy period, for various reasons, photography was placed on the back burner. More than 2 decades later photography was taken up again and Erwin Van den Brande enrolled himself in a photography school in Antwerp. He was subsequently, once again, captivated by photography and found inspiration from contemporary international photographers. He was very fast discovered by several art galleries and he had interesting articles in different magazines. In the most recent years he exposed his work at more then 17 exhibitions in different cities like Brussels, Antwerp, Namur, Amsterdam, Knokke, London, Milaan, and Hong Kong. The beginning and starting point of Erwin Van den Brande’s works are images, movies, objects and scenes from everyday life that amaze, inspire or bring him piece of mind. It is all about man’s quest for tranquility, aestheticism, for “being” instead of “doing”, for confirmation and structure in our life. This often reveals humanity’s pettiness and a sense of absurdity. Erwin Van den Brande’s images intend to derive reality of its context and thus render it timeless. He portrays reality as he experiences it, not as he or we see it. This allows him to distance himself from the actual world and from society. The images’ aim is to create an idyll and a utopia: a space for reflection, contemplation and tranquility. A stimulus to daydream. The common thread through his work is nostalgia, with which he connects the “past” to the “present”. This nostalgia is emphasized both thematically and formally. For example, by means of desaturating colours, playing with focus and highlighting elements from the past. Erwin Van den Brande’s images have a clear and defined line, are abstract and focus on the essence. The colours are desaturated to combine the strengths of both colour and black-white pictures. With their vast aesthetic appeal, Erwin Van den Brande’s images want to take the spectator on a journey of reflection and contemplation.
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