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In this series Hans Bol is concerned with the reinterpretation and printing of archive material. After the booklet God's Allies (published in cooperation with Willem van Zoetendaal in 2018) with both barite and inkjet prints on Japanese paper, as seen in the booklet, he now searches for a completely different, darker, what mysterious approach to this black bird. In the literature you come across the crow / raven as a dark, threatening, dead-linked bird. In some cultures he also stands for happiness, or so to speak lightness. In the text of Kester Freriks, published in the booklet God’s Allies, you can read how they were seen in ancient times as the messengers of the gods. By making new prints of archive material in which he uses dark room techniques such as toning, solarisation, but also by post-production techniques with gold leaf and gold speckles, he tries to depict the special, the mysterious (perhaps the divine) that this bird is attributed to.
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Oeuvres de Hans Bol
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White Crow, 2021
À propos
God's Allies revisited
With God's Allies revisited he trusts his own intuition. In addition, he welcomes a chance while printing. Sometimes he briefly switches on the light in the laboratory, or uses an ink printer to make a negative.
God's Allies revised — essentially a homage to analog photography. And the testimony of the playful ease of a master. (quote translated from German)
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ARTIBOOKS recommends God’s Allies revis
This book is about freedom, strength and resilience of beautiful crows and graceful ravens. This is a type of book that will teach you how to live today, how to enjoy precious moments, how to connect with nature and become a part of something bigger and more important than itself.
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White Crow in Het Parool
These are so-called platinum palladium prints (a nineteenth-century technique), which make the tranquil and intimate images look almost like Japanese drawings.
Het Parool
expositions
Dans la collection du musée:
Fotomuseum Den Haag
Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam
Museum Beelden aan Zee
Rijksmuseum
Fotomuseum Antwerpen
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Hans Bol is a self-educated photographer, specialised in black and white photography. He has been the regular printer of the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam for more than 20 years. In that capacity, all the big names in Dutch photographic history went through his hands: Oorthuys, van der Elsken, Klein, Rotgans, Wessing, etc. The skills needed to thoroughly print the work of these photographers he obviously also uses when making his own work.
Previous exhibition venues include FOAM, Fotomuseum Den Haag, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Unseen and Haute Photographie. In 2020, Bol’s oeuvre was on view at a group show at Museum IJsselstein. His work is included in the collections of such museums as Rijksmuseum, Fotomuseum Den Haag, Het Nederlands Fotomuseum, Museum Beelden aan Zee and Fotomuseum Antwerpen.
Previous exhibition venues include FOAM, Fotomuseum Den Haag, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Unseen and Haute Photographie. In 2020, Bol’s oeuvre was on view at a group show at Museum IJsselstein. His work is included in the collections of such museums as Rijksmuseum, Fotomuseum Den Haag, Het Nederlands Fotomuseum, Museum Beelden aan Zee and Fotomuseum Antwerpen.
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Education
Self-educated
Exhibitions
2021
Ici, le temps s’étire (here, where time stretches) | group exhibition with Victoire Eouzan and Alexander Sporre | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam (NL)
2020
Empathie, geen mens is een eiland | group exhibition | Museum IJsselstein | IJsselstein (NL)
Corvo | HAUTE Photographie | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Rotterdam (NL)
2019
God’s Allies Revisited | UNSEEN | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam (NL)
2018
God’s Allies | Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen | Amsterdam (NL)
CAVA | exhibition by ARKAD Foundation | Seravezza (IT)
Noorderlicht Photofestival 2018 - IN VIVO | Leeuwarden (NL)
2016
Boeren, avonturen op het land | group exhibition | Fotomuseum Den Haag | The Hague (NL)
2011
Paradise City | solo exhibition | curator Hans Rooseboom | Museum Beelden aan Zee | Scheveningen (NL)
2003
Panorama Amsterdam, 1862-2003 | group exhibition | FOAM | Amsterdam (NL)
Document van het moment: Gelderland Gefotografeerd | group exhibition | Museum Valkhof | Nijmegen (NL)
Books
2020 White Crow | Recto Verso Publications
2019 God’s Allies Revisited | Recto Verso Publications
2018 God’s Allies | Recto Verso Publications
2018 CAVA | Recto Verso Publications
2011 Paradise City | Recto Verso Publications
2007 The Studios of Pietrasanta | Lodima Press, USA
2004 Het Formaat van Waterland
Awards & Nominations
2016
I Shall Use My Time | concept and editing by Hans Bol, Koos Breukel and Rose Ieneke van Kalsbeek | nominee Best Dutch Books Designs 2016
2011
Paradise City | nominee Best Dutch Books Designs 2011
Commissioned work
2021
The city of Antwerp | together with Georges Charlier and Pieter Uyttenhove
1993
Antwerpen 93, Culturele Hoofdstad van Europa | together with Georges Charlier and Pieter Uyttenhove
Collections
Nederlands Fotomuseum Collection
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Collection
Fotomuseum Den Haag Collection
Museum Beelden aan Zee Collection
FOMU (Fotomuseum Antwerpen) Collection
Leids Prentenkabinet
Various private Collections
Self-educated
Exhibitions
2021
Ici, le temps s’étire (here, where time stretches) | group exhibition with Victoire Eouzan and Alexander Sporre | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam (NL)
2020
Empathie, geen mens is een eiland | group exhibition | Museum IJsselstein | IJsselstein (NL)
Corvo | HAUTE Photographie | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Rotterdam (NL)
2019
God’s Allies Revisited | UNSEEN | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam (NL)
2018
God’s Allies | Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen | Amsterdam (NL)
CAVA | exhibition by ARKAD Foundation | Seravezza (IT)
Noorderlicht Photofestival 2018 - IN VIVO | Leeuwarden (NL)
2016
Boeren, avonturen op het land | group exhibition | Fotomuseum Den Haag | The Hague (NL)
2011
Paradise City | solo exhibition | curator Hans Rooseboom | Museum Beelden aan Zee | Scheveningen (NL)
2003
Panorama Amsterdam, 1862-2003 | group exhibition | FOAM | Amsterdam (NL)
Document van het moment: Gelderland Gefotografeerd | group exhibition | Museum Valkhof | Nijmegen (NL)
Books
2020 White Crow | Recto Verso Publications
2019 God’s Allies Revisited | Recto Verso Publications
2018 God’s Allies | Recto Verso Publications
2018 CAVA | Recto Verso Publications
2011 Paradise City | Recto Verso Publications
2007 The Studios of Pietrasanta | Lodima Press, USA
2004 Het Formaat van Waterland
Awards & Nominations
2016
I Shall Use My Time | concept and editing by Hans Bol, Koos Breukel and Rose Ieneke van Kalsbeek | nominee Best Dutch Books Designs 2016
2011
Paradise City | nominee Best Dutch Books Designs 2011
Commissioned work
2021
The city of Antwerp | together with Georges Charlier and Pieter Uyttenhove
1993
Antwerpen 93, Culturele Hoofdstad van Europa | together with Georges Charlier and Pieter Uyttenhove
Collections
Nederlands Fotomuseum Collection
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Collection
Fotomuseum Den Haag Collection
Museum Beelden aan Zee Collection
FOMU (Fotomuseum Antwerpen) Collection
Leids Prentenkabinet
Various private Collections