Still Life? - PBF04 / Darwin, Sinke & van tongeren
15 November to 21 December 2019
The duo Ferry van Tongeren and Jaap Sinke create Fine Taxidermy compositions and photography inspired by the old master painters of the golden age, a fusion between the wonders of art and the secrets of science.
Working with old taxidermy techniques, Sinke & van Tongeren are enable to create extraordinary poses.
Trophées de Chasse sans Victimes is a classic hunting scene for which not single animal has been killed. The artists were inspired to create this intriguing layered work by the tension between the image of death and destruction, and the animals that died of natural causes in zoos or farms. They mounted a large number of animals to create this 17th century composition. This one refers to the famous theme of ‘hunting still life’ from the Netherlands and the work of famous painters like Asselijn, Hondecoeter, Weenix, Snyders.
