/ CASPER FAASSEN - ROOT
8 Sep 2024 / 20 Oct 2024
In September, Project 2.0 / Gallery will present ROOT, a new showcase by artist Casper Faassen in which he returns to painting to further tell his story.
With negative space being a central theme in the development of his photographic work, Casper Faassen desires to deepen this in his paintings. In his photography, the negative space surround the subject, yet in his latest series of paintings, Casper makes the subject the empty space while paint fills the surroundings of the canvas. This is most evident in the central piece of the exhibition, the portrait of his father, in which the space that he usually occupied is left open, signifying his absence.
What is furthermore different than with previous exhibitions is Faassen’s acknowledgement of his position in the ever-changing society of today, and how his conceptions around beauty, masculinity and femininity have formed both consciously and unconsciously. Faassen wants to take this opportunity to apply his visual ethos to men exclusively in order to better understand where his intution comes from. By doing this, Faassen brings into sharper focus questions surrounding cliches of masculinity and rolemodels from his youth that have shaped his norm.
