From 17 until 19 September, GoMulan Gallery will be exhibiting at Unseen in booth 68 three promising artists who are at the beginning of their careers: Tobias Asser, Jaimy Gail and Matt Chaim de Groot.
In this way GoMulan Gallery hopes to rejuvenate the art world with new recruits.
Tobias Asser (1990) doesn't agree with his people telling him what he can and can't do. In an almost childlike way, by 'pretending', he investigates. The results are comic images and personal texts.
Asser graduated from the Fotoacademie in Amsterdam in 2012. He attended a one-year master class by Klavdij Sluban in Paris in 2017. He also has two solo exhibitions and several publications to his credit (such as GUP and New Dutch Talent) and exhibits in both the Netherlands and abroad. In 2019, he participated in three different foreign photography festivals. In this year he won the open call for the Tbilisi Photo Festival in Georgia.
Jaimy Gail (1992) makes staged photography. In 2017 Gail graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Gail makes alienating portraits in which the photographer always questions the norm. In addition, Gail made the series 'Achterland'. The project is a direct response to the initial lockdown. The lack of entertainment and distraction has caused us to shift our focus en masse to the nature surrounding our homes and cities. Parks but also the polder can enjoy our renewed appreciation. The series Achterland (Hinterland) is therefore an ode to the function of landscape photography. Gail's series consists of photographs of the tranquil Dutch landscape. For example a field of flowers or a farmhouse shrouded in shadow. The series was previously shown in a solo exhibition in De Balie.
During Unseen the series 'Vrouw zijn' and 'Achterland' will be shown.
Matt Chaim de Groot (1969) works with photos that he melts in epoxy. By attaching several photos in a row, he creates depth. Matt: 'During the creation process things regularly go up in flames. He teaches his unconventional techniques at the Fotoacademie in Amsterdam.
The scenes seen in the photographs are almost always about the country where he grew up, Israel. During his military service he frequently traveled to the frontline on the Golan Heights where the border with Syria lies. Here the two countries have had a ceasefire since 1973 that appears to be only on paper. A country in perpetual conflict and yet where he feels at home.