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Publication: Fotografi

A large article about Carla van de Puttelaar has been published in the leading Norwegian photomagazine: Fotografi.

"Carla van de Puttelaar er hollansk fotograf som egentlig begynte å studere maleri. Hun gikk over til fotografi fordi mediet er mer direkte, men har tatt med seg flere av maleriets virkemidler. Hun fotograferer nesten bare kvinner og utelukkende i farger. Carla van de Puttelaar fotograferer alle bildene i hjemmet sitt."

Fair: Paris Photo 2006

Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
November 16 - 19 2006

Van Zoetendaal Collections exhibits new work of Carla van de Puttelaar at Paris Photo. Her work has been presented each year at this famous photography fair since 1999. Paris Photo hosts some hundred galleries and publishers from around the globe at the prestigious Carrousel du Louvre.

Solo exhibition: Centre Culturel de Lillebonne

Centre Culturel de Lillebonne, Lillebonne, France
September 29 - December 22 2006

In the cultural centre of Lillebonne Carla van de Puttelaar shows a selection of photos made in the last few years.

Solo exhibition: Carla van de Puttelaar: Nieuw werk

Van Zoetendaal Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
September 2 - October 8 2006

New work by Carla van de Puttelaar presented at her 'home' gallery in Amsterdam. The opening is on Saturday September 2 from 4 till 7 pm.

Publication: British Journal of Photography

Carla van de Putterlaar is on the cover of the August edition of the British Journal of Photography. "Carla van de Puttelaar's intimate nudes capture young women bathed in a subdued natural light reminiscent of her Flemish predecessors centuries before."

Praise in The Observer

Sean O'Hagan in The Observer, UK
Sunday July 16, 2006

"I was much taken too by Carla van de Puttelaar's work in the same category, a series of beautifully composed nudes that manage to seem both ordinary and somehow sacred. Her pale girls often look like they have stepped out of a Renaissance painting, albeit one drained of colour. There is a seriousness and a thoughtfulness here that is absent in the work of many of her contemporaries."

Solo exhibition: Galatea (Rencontres d'Arles 2006)

Magasin des Ateliers, Rencontres d'Arles 2006, Arles, France
July 4 - September 17 2006

Carla van de Puttelaar has been nominated for the Discovery Award and shows her work at this prestigious festival. Her exhibition, which is titled Galatea, is shown in the Magasin des Ateliers.

Group exhibition: Lend Me Your Ear

Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Bodenburg, Germany
June 24 - August 13 2006

This is the third show of the 5-part series on the human senses. Starting with the Mouth in 2004 and followed by the Hand in 2005. This year features works primarily concerned with the ear.

Billboards in the Paris Metro

Metro, Paris, France
May-June 2006

A photo by Carla van de Puttelaar can be seen on billboards in the Paris Metro.

Publication: Les nouveaux maîtres flamands

On the 25th of March 2006 the prestigious French magazine Le monde2 reviewed the exhibition Netherlands Now: L'école du Nord.

It's illustrated with one full-page photo by Carla van de Puttelaar accompanied by a quote: "Les détails infimes m'émeuvent - l'expression particulière d'unvisage, une attitude très personnelle, des caractéristiques telles que des taches de rousseur et la chair de poule."

Complete text here (PDF, 255KB).

Group exhibition: Ultra Peau

Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
April 25 - July 21 2006

Many artists have joined the project Ultra Peau: photographers, videasts and plasticians from various nationalities. They will show their view on the skin.

Group exhibition: Senza di loro, nemmeno io (Without Them, Count Me Out), La collezione Pierre Borhan di fotografie

Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy
February 8 - April 9 2006

This exhibition shows the famous photo collection of Pierre Borhan. The collection contains photos by - among others - Diana Arbus, Hans Bellmer, Bill Brandt, Brassaï, William Klein, Irving Penn, Carla van de Puttelaar and Josef Sudek. A beautiful catalogue accompanies the exhibition.

Group exhibition: Het tweede huis - organised by Stichting Art & Engagement

Stoperaplein, Amsterdam and other places, Netherlands
March 27 2006 - April 2007

The selected photographers are: Marjoleine Boonstra, Bertien van Manen, Carla van de Puttelaar, Meindert Koelink and Ksenia Galiaeva. The art works will be shown in five separate small houses, every house will contain the work of one photographer. The exhibition will travel to various locations in the Netherlands.

The quote below is from the page about this exhibition on the website of Stichting Art & Engagement (text in Dutch - please note that their site has been updated since this news was posted first here - Go to Kunstenaars for text on/by Carla van Putterlaar).

Een tweede huis betekent voor veel Nederlanders een plek om te ontspannen en alles even achter zich te laten [..]. Maar wat als dit tweede huis een noodgedwongen stap is en men alles achter zich móet laten?

In de tentoonstelling ‘Het Tweede Huis?' richten de kunstenaars Marjoleine Boonstra, Ksenia Galiaeva, Meindert Koelink, Bertien van Manen en Carla van de Puttelaar ieder op eigen wijze de aandacht op het bestaan van de vluchteling. [..]

Iedere fotograaf kreeg een huis om in te richten. De vorm van een “huis” is gekozen omdat een huis symbool staat voor de basale menselijke behoefte aan geborgenheid, veiligheid en acceptatie. [..]

De tentoonstelling trekt door Nederland en wordt in tien verschillende gemeenten op doorloopplekken in de openbare ruimte getoond.

Group exhibition: L'esprit du Nord / Spirit of the North

Maison Européenne de la photographie, Paris, France
March 15 - June 11 2006

For over a decade, Dutch photography has undergone some unprecedented transformations. Forms have exploded, new approaches to colour have appeared, and there is a sense of freedom linked directly to the field of art. This exhibition attempts to show how this singular formal diversity and sense of liberation is reflected in photographs dating from 2000 to 2005.

Something akin to a Dutch identity appears; the Rietveld Academy, whose presence can often be seen in the choice of works on show, is its spiritual home. But each photo is an independent entity, producing its own specific emotions. The main genres in the exhibition are portraiture and landscape, and it includes the work of 26 photographers:
Woud Berger, Anuschka Blommers/Niels Schumm, Koos Breukel, Elspeth Diederix, Rineke Dijkstra, Leo Divendal, Desiree Dolron, Charlotte Dumas, Marnix Goossens, Risk Hazekamp, Juul Hondius, Paul Kooiker, Annaleen Louwes, Arno Nollen, Erwin Olaf, Johannes Schwartz, Harold Strak, Céline van Balen, Gerald van der Kaap, Carla van de Puttelaar, Frank van der Salm, Lidwien van der Ven, Bertien van Manen, Hellen van Meene, Inez van Lamsweerde/Vinoodh Matadin, Edwin Zwakman.

The exhibition is sponsored by La Neuflize/Vie and the Mondrian Foundation.

More information

Group exhibition: Portaal naar de hemel - Hedendaagse portretfoto's in oude lijsten

Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands
January 20 - April 2 2006

Exhibition organized in collaboration with Willem van Zoetendaal, who made a selection among the thousand old frames of the Frits Lugt Collection for a presentation of twenty-five portraits by contemporary Dutch photographers such as Rineke Dijkstra, Céline van Balen, Koos Breukel, Hellen van Meene, Carla van de Puttelaar and others. The exhibition was first shown at the Institut Néerlandais in Paris.

Publication: The New Yorker

Issue December 5, 2005
The New Yorker

The December 5 issue of The New Yorker featured a photo by Carla van de Puttelaar.

"The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes criticism, essays, investigative reporting, and fiction. The New Yorker has a wide audience outside of New York due to the quality of its journalism. Within the journalism profession, The New Yorker enjoys the reputation of having the finest fact-checking and copyediting teams in the publishing industry." (from wikipedia).

Group exhibition: DUTCH INSIGHT - Netherlands contemporary photo & video

December 16 2005 - January 27 2006
Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea

February 24 2006 - April 9 2006
Daejeon Municipal Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

Curated by Willem van Zoetendaal and Minseong Kim. More info on artfacts.net.

Shin Hae-in writes in a review for The Korea Herald (52 KB PDF mirror) that "Carla van de Puttelaar excellently captures the delicateness of female bodies by using contrast of the dark background and the whiteness of human skin."

Solo exhibition: AMC

November 29 2005 - January 17 2006
AMC, Prof. Brummelkamp Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

This year Carla van de Puttelaar has made a photo for the AMC series "De menselijke gedaante". This photo will be exhibited together with other work in the gallery.

Solo exhibition: box galerie, Brussels

November 25 2005 - January 7 2006
DIAPHANES
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Carla van de Puttelaar (Zaandam, 1967) est aujourd'hui l'une des photographes hollandaises les plus en vue, non seulement dans son propre pays mais également ailleurs, comme en atteste l'intérêt que son travail suscite en France, en Espagne, aux États-Unis et désormais en Belgique.

Depuis ses études à la prestigieuse Rietveld Academie d'Amsterdam, cette jeune artiste consacre l'essentiel de son oeuvre au corps et au visage de la femme. Celles qui poseront pour elle, Carla ne les choisit pas en fonction de modes qui imposent des canons aussi arbitraires qu'éphémères. Ici, la beauté est discrète, profonde, intemporelle.

Se dévoilant sans apprêt - on devine ici une ecchymose, là une marque laissée par les sous-vêtements -, ces jeunes filles et ces jeunes femmes se livrent avec pudeur mais sans pruderie.

Les prises de vue se déroulent toujours en lumière naturelle, cette douce lumière du nord qui caractérise l'art des peintres flamands et hollandais, de Van Eyck à Vermeer, deux maîtres auxquels l'univers de Carla van de Puttelaar renvoie immanquablement. Le motif récurrent de cette série d'images entamée en 1998 réside à n'en pas douter dans la manière dont la photographe a systématiquement privilégié des modèles à la peau d'une blancheur presque immaculée. Ces peaux qui rappellent l'albâtre ont d'ailleurs amené l'écrivain Rudy Kousbroek à évoquer à propos de ces images le mythe de Galatée, cette statue d'ivoire modelée par Pygmalion et que Vénus mua en femme parce que son créateur s'en était éperdument épris.

Malgré leur apparence marmoréenne, les femmes de Carla van de Puttelaar sont en effet bien vivantes, bien réelles. Sous cette enveloppe diaphane, on devine les veines et les vaisseaux, le coeur qui palpite, les émotions qui affleurent. Ce donc bien des femmes de chair et de sang, des épouses, des mères, des soeurs et des amantes. Mais jamais des êtres réduits au rôle d'objet sexuel ou de fantasme bon marché.

Fair: Paris Photo 2005

Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
November 17 - 20 2005

Group exhibition: Cadres revisités

Institut Néerlandais, Paris
November 3 - December 18 2005

Chefs-d'œuvre de la photographie néerlandaise présentés dans les cadres anciens de la Collection Frits Lugt At the Institut Néerlandais, Hôtel Turgot, Paris.

Exhibition organized in collaboration with Willem van Zoetendaal, who made a selection among the thousand old frames of the Frits Lugt Collection for a presentation of twenty-five portraits by contemporary Dutch photographers such as Rineke Dijkstra, Céline van Balen, Koos Breukel, Hellen van Meene, Carla van de Puttelaar and others. After Paris the exhibition will be held in the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem.

Group exhibition: Feiten & Foto's

Feiten & Foto's (Facts & photos) is a travelling outdoor photo exhibition sponsored by Dove. 20 Dutch photographers were asked to submit work based on the perception of beauty by Dutch women. The exhibition opened 2005-09-03 on the Museumplein in Amsterdam and will travel to five other cities in the Netherlands this year.

"Dove hopes that through this exhibition women will broaden their view on beauty." More info on dates and all contributions are here (in Dutch).

Postzegel: Kunst van bedrijfscollecties op postzegels. Tien hedendaagse kunstwerken op een postzegelvel

TPG Post heeft tien postzegels uitgegeven met de afbeeldingen van kunstwerken uit tien bedrijfscollecties, zoals ABN Amro, Akzo Nobel, ING, DSM en TPG Post. Al deze kunstwerken maken deel uit van de kunstcollectie van diverse bedrijven. Veel van deze werken zijn niet permanent zichtbaar voor het publiek. Met de uitgifte van het postzegelvel 'Kunst in bedrijfscollecties' wordt een klein deel op een bijzondere manier toegankelijk gemaakt voor het grote publiek. De ontwerpers van deze postzegels zijn Stout/Kramer uit Rotterdam. Het eerste postzegelvel heeft Harry Koorstra, voorzitter van de directie van TPG Post vandaag in het Haags Gemeentemuseum overhandigd aan Nout Wellink, president van De Nederlandsche Bank.