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Lot Essay
This work is number 5 from the sold-out edition of 5 + 2 AP.
For his series Diaster Areas, begun in 1999, Kocken sought out various locations where catastrophic events had taken place then photographed those places -- not in the immediate aftermath of the events -- but at a later point in time when the press had moved on to other tragedies. The factual titles, which accompany each work, address the where, when and how of the incidents. Without these facts, the documented places appear ordinary. Kocken asks, 'Does our perception of the picture change once we are made aware of the facts surrounding the catastrophe?' (Artist statement, 2008) His large-format photographs are monumental, precise and charged with history.
Kocken was educated at K.A.B.K./Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. His works have been shown internationally, including the key group exhibitions Dutch Dare and Nature as Artifice, as well as a recent solo show at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Kocken lives and works in Amsterdam.
For his series Diaster Areas, begun in 1999, Kocken sought out various locations where catastrophic events had taken place then photographed those places -- not in the immediate aftermath of the events -- but at a later point in time when the press had moved on to other tragedies. The factual titles, which accompany each work, address the where, when and how of the incidents. Without these facts, the documented places appear ordinary. Kocken asks, 'Does our perception of the picture change once we are made aware of the facts surrounding the catastrophe?' (Artist statement, 2008) His large-format photographs are monumental, precise and charged with history.
Kocken was educated at K.A.B.K./Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. His works have been shown internationally, including the key group exhibitions Dutch Dare and Nature as Artifice, as well as a recent solo show at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Kocken lives and works in Amsterdam.