Viviane sassen

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The Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) presents the first retrospective of Dutch artist Viviane Sassen's work in France, encapsulating over 200 pieces, the exhibition provides an insight into thirty years of Sassen's multifaceted creations across disciplines

Parasomnia - Viviane Sassen

Part of a longstanding tradition for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the collection of posters have been designed by 20 Japanese and international artists to promote the events, and form "cultural and artistic legacies".

Dutch photographer Viviane Sassen is one of the rare artists who moves between the two worlds of fashion and art. Spending three years of her childhood in a village in Kenya has given her a special and original eye for fashion photography. Alongside her independent work, Sassen is mostly famous for her innovative work with fashion, […]

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Viviane Sassen's Illuminating Photographs

Viviane Sassen • Paint Studies, Viviane Sassen’s language shifted when she introduced ink, paint and collage to her photographic practice, deepening the surrealist and sculptural element in her imagery. Her experiments with uncanny shadows, fragmented bodies and dream-like landscapes project mundane scenes into the realm of the fantastical. In other instances, the chasm between reality and the imagined is more subtle; the viewer is seduced by the texture of Sassen’s constructions, while…

In her first London exhibition, witness the long-time Dazed collaborator and photographer’s surreal brand of artistry

Viviane Sassen • Parasomnia, Parasomnia animates these feelings of dislocation between home and away, night and day, life and dreams. The series comprises photographs taken in West and East Africa over the past two years, as well as a few taken in Europe, which frame her enigmatic and often haunting narratives.