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The exhibition features stories and photographs of eight Girls in Paris, who are challenging the status quo and deconstructing paradigms. Dekker's journey began when he was commissioned to create a feminist calendar in France. To his surprise, he discovered that France still has a significant gap between men and women, with domestic violence against women often downplayed and not taken seriously. This realization prompted him to pack his bags and head back to Paris to meet and photograph women who are part of a new generation - a wave of strong women challenging the status quo and deconstructing paradigms.
The result of his journey is an exhibition that showcases these women's stories and their struggles for self-expression, equality, and sexuality. The photographs are accompanied by excerpts from the conversations, printed on transparent canvases that shield the works, requiring visitors to read them first before viewing the photos. This presentation is a snapshot of what drives them, the conservative thinking they face, and the controversies that arise from it. Through their beautiful struggle, they are instigating their own kind of French Revolution.
The result of his journey is an exhibition that showcases these women's stories and their struggles for self-expression, equality, and sexuality. The photographs are accompanied by excerpts from the conversations, printed on transparent canvases that shield the works, requiring visitors to read them first before viewing the photos. This presentation is a snapshot of what drives them, the conservative thinking they face, and the controversies that arise from it. Through their beautiful struggle, they are instigating their own kind of French Revolution.
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The making of - ZINE Nº.1
With the Zines Sander wanted to make a more profound connection with his models. Instead of meeting them just before the shoot and capturing the high energy of that first encounter, he now choose to spend several days together. To connect — with and without a camera.
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‘Girls in Paris’
05-2023 Josilda da Conceição Gallery / AMS, NL
Solo presentations (previous)
01-2022 Torch gallery / AMS
02-2020 Strayfield Gallery / CPH, DK
06-2018 Torch gallery / AMS, NL
02-2018 Amsterdam CS, NL
10-2016 30Works gallery / Cologne, DE
10-2015 Walls Gallery / AMS
01-2014 Majke Hüsstege / Den Bosch, NL
07-2012 Walls Gallery / AMS, NL
Art fairs (selection)
09-2022 Unseen Amsterdam / AMS, NL
04-2017 6voor6 Art Fair / AMS, NL
12-2016 This Art Fair / AMS, NL
12-2015 This Art Fair / AMS, NL
09-2015 We Are The Guys / AMS, NL
05-2015 KunstRAI / AMS, NL
11-2014 PAN AMS / AMS, NL
02-2014 Great Last Minute Art Fair / ROT, NL
02-2013 Art at the Warehouse ROT, NL
01-2013 Realisme / AMS, NL
Group (selection)
08-2022 Luxfer & Lípa / Česká Skalice, CZ
02-2022 Caesuur & Lípa / Middelburg, NL
07-2020 Strayfield Gallery / Hellerup, DK
06&12-2018 Arti et Amicitiae / AMS, NL
09-2017 Josilda da Donceição / AMS, NL
07-2017 Torch art gallery / AMS, NL
01&09-2016 Bright Side Gallery / AMS, NL
06-2015 Schau Fenster Gallery / Berlin, DE
03-2015 FB69 gallery / Münster, DE
01-2015 Walls Gallery / AMS, NL
03&10-2014 Walls Gallery / AMS, NL
10-2013 Flaxon Ptootch / London, UK
01-2013 Walls Gallery / AMS, NL
05&08-2012 Walls Gallery / AMS, NL
Special projects (selection)
05-2018 ODAM / AMS, NL
09-2016 OFFF by night / Antwerp, BE
09-2013 Nuit Blanche / AMS, NL
07-2013 FOAM / AMS, NL
06-2013 Frankendael / AMS, NL
06-2013 FOAM / AMS, NL
10-2012 FOAM / AMS, NL
Self Published Books
Zine Nº5: ‘Mexico’
Zine Nº4: ‘Cats & Dogs’
Zine Nº3: ‘Janna’
Zine Nº2: ‘Girls in Paris’
Zine Nº1: ‘Annemarijn‘
My name is Sander Dekker 2
My name is Sander Dekker 1.5
My name is Sander Dekker 1
Interviews (selection)
- VICE Creators [Dutch]
- CODE magazine [EN]
- hypocritedesign.com [EN]
- wecallitstitch.com [EN]
- ssba-salon.nl [Dutch]
- issueno206.com [EN]
- volkshotel.nl [EN]
- lodownmagazine.com [EN]
Publications (selection)
- Artizians magazine
- Blend Bureaux
- Brabants Dagblad (27-01-2014)
- BLINK Korea
- C-Heads magazine
- Code magazine
- DJ broadcast magazine
- F.A.L.L. magazine
- Goldfished
- Hoop Doop magazine
- Inked magazine
- Juxtapoz
- Canvas
- Le Petit Voyeur
- Lowdown
- Parool (29-06-2018) (15-06-2018) (17-12-2016) (05-12-2014)
- Purple France
- Self Control magazine
- SSBA Salon
- Sticks and Stones Agency
- Stitch
- Street tease
- VICE magazine
- Volkskrant (07-11-2015)
05-2023 Josilda da Conceição Gallery / AMS, NL
Solo presentations (previous)
01-2022 Torch gallery / AMS
02-2020 Strayfield Gallery / CPH, DK
06-2018 Torch gallery / AMS, NL
02-2018 Amsterdam CS, NL
10-2016 30Works gallery / Cologne, DE
10-2015 Walls Gallery / AMS
01-2014 Majke Hüsstege / Den Bosch, NL
07-2012 Walls Gallery / AMS, NL
Art fairs (selection)
09-2022 Unseen Amsterdam / AMS, NL
04-2017 6voor6 Art Fair / AMS, NL
12-2016 This Art Fair / AMS, NL
12-2015 This Art Fair / AMS, NL
09-2015 We Are The Guys / AMS, NL
05-2015 KunstRAI / AMS, NL
11-2014 PAN AMS / AMS, NL
02-2014 Great Last Minute Art Fair / ROT, NL
02-2013 Art at the Warehouse ROT, NL
01-2013 Realisme / AMS, NL
Group (selection)
08-2022 Luxfer & Lípa / Česká Skalice, CZ
02-2022 Caesuur & Lípa / Middelburg, NL
07-2020 Strayfield Gallery / Hellerup, DK
06&12-2018 Arti et Amicitiae / AMS, NL
09-2017 Josilda da Donceição / AMS, NL
07-2017 Torch art gallery / AMS, NL
01&09-2016 Bright Side Gallery / AMS, NL
06-2015 Schau Fenster Gallery / Berlin, DE
03-2015 FB69 gallery / Münster, DE
01-2015 Walls Gallery / AMS, NL
03&10-2014 Walls Gallery / AMS, NL
10-2013 Flaxon Ptootch / London, UK
01-2013 Walls Gallery / AMS, NL
05&08-2012 Walls Gallery / AMS, NL
Special projects (selection)
05-2018 ODAM / AMS, NL
09-2016 OFFF by night / Antwerp, BE
09-2013 Nuit Blanche / AMS, NL
07-2013 FOAM / AMS, NL
06-2013 Frankendael / AMS, NL
06-2013 FOAM / AMS, NL
10-2012 FOAM / AMS, NL
Self Published Books
Zine Nº5: ‘Mexico’
Zine Nº4: ‘Cats & Dogs’
Zine Nº3: ‘Janna’
Zine Nº2: ‘Girls in Paris’
Zine Nº1: ‘Annemarijn‘
My name is Sander Dekker 2
My name is Sander Dekker 1.5
My name is Sander Dekker 1
Interviews (selection)
- VICE Creators [Dutch]
- CODE magazine [EN]
- hypocritedesign.com [EN]
- wecallitstitch.com [EN]
- ssba-salon.nl [Dutch]
- issueno206.com [EN]
- volkshotel.nl [EN]
- lodownmagazine.com [EN]
Publications (selection)
- Artizians magazine
- Blend Bureaux
- Brabants Dagblad (27-01-2014)
- BLINK Korea
- C-Heads magazine
- Code magazine
- DJ broadcast magazine
- F.A.L.L. magazine
- Goldfished
- Hoop Doop magazine
- Inked magazine
- Juxtapoz
- Canvas
- Le Petit Voyeur
- Lowdown
- Parool (29-06-2018) (15-06-2018) (17-12-2016) (05-12-2014)
- Purple France
- Self Control magazine
- SSBA Salon
- Sticks and Stones Agency
- Stitch
- Street tease
- VICE magazine
- Volkskrant (07-11-2015)
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