Intermission
Greece, 2022
Edition:
10x 20x30 cm
7x 30x45 cm
5x 50x70 cm
Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Pearl paper + 1 cm white border
Delivered with digitally signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
"An intermission is a pause between two acts in a theatre play. These stacks of chairs, their clinical plastic white set in a rugged, rocky environment, for me form an almost animalistic and lonely imagination of something unpredictable that is yet to come. A moment of anticipation between two phases of movement and empathy."
Caspar Claasen (1975) is fascinated by extraordinary interactions between people, often individuals, and their everyday surroundings. How a seemingly mundane moment can become a short story when photographed – how an unplanned moment becomes so surreal, meaningful and aesthetic that it seems contrived. But it isn't.
Caspar Claasen is a visual artist (Gerrit Rietveld Academy) from Amsterdam. His work consists of drawings, paintings and photography and has been exhibited and awarded several times. His work has been published by Harper's Magazine, Het Parool, ZEIT Magazine, Trouw, De Correspondent, NRC and many others.