Surprisingly (but logically), Dutch photographer Desiree Palmen‘s “Camouflage” series (above) was inspired by a love of biology. While studying art at the Academie of Arts and doing post-graduate work at Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht (specializing in sculpture), Palmen says: “I maintained a special interest in biology, in particular the strange forms and behaviour and traits exhibited by mimics within the animal and plant kingdoms. I applied these concepts to my artwork, an exploration of human mimicry in urban environments using garments painted to resemble their background. Since 1999, I’ve mainly worked with photography and sometimes with video.”
Palmen lives and works in Rotterdam and Berlin.
Upcoming group shows include:
FOR SECURITY REASONS
28th August – 18th October
Showroom MAMA
Witte de Withstraat 29-31
Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Phone + 31 10 233 13 13
CAMUFLAJE – Camouflage
17th September – 1th November
La Casa Encendida
Ronda de Valencia, 2
Madrid 28012
Phone + 34 91 506 21 78
Delivery of new work in
Guest Pavilion of the National Museum of Ethnology
Steenstraat 1
2300 AE Leiden
Phone + 31 71 51 68 800
For more information, visit http://www.desireepalmen.nl/
Images courtesy of the artist.
H/T Toxel.com