Lonneke van der Palen

Playing with combinations

Van der Palen chooses her subjects carefully, and rearranges, enlarges, adds or removes and filters out the noise. She reduces the visible world to a cleaned-up essence. This results in compositions in which form, colour and light are deliberately related. Although everything is staged, her images present a very realistic feel.

Lonneke van der Palen has made a selection from over ten years of work, often made in series or with recurring themes. She, for instance, photographed countless objects literally from two sides: when creating the exactly right positioning, she also did so diametrically from the other side.

Unexpected connections

Although each image stands on its own, Van der Palen adds extra meaning in the exhibition by playing with surprising combinations on the wall and coming up with new titles to go with them. In the same way that she herself often works in an associative manner with the means she has available, she presents her images in the exhibition. 'In this way, I hope to encourage people to have a more playful and conscious experience of everyday scenes.'

Lonneke van der Palen graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 2011. Since her graduation, she has combined her free work with commissioned works.