Jan's work can be printed and framed in a stunning blox frame as shown here. Tom Hegen photography, Astra Zenecas offices, London.
These are places where silence and stillness set the tone. However, the daily routine in the works of the Belgian artist Jan Pypers (b. 1982) also has considerable tension, despite its static nature. Within the desolate silence of Pypers’ compositions, there is space for questioning, memory and your own imagination. Is something about to happen? Logic is missing before our voyeurism sets in. With his background in film, Pypers approaches his images with a keen cinematographic eye, and this is in line with the work of the greatest cinematographic masters of now and then.
The decor in Pypers’ sculptures is a place where nature and people interact: where figures are in the woods, surrounded by water, or accompanied by an animal. The relationship between man and nature plays a major role in this work. It is surprising, but these forests, waters, animals, and the cinematic image in which they appear in reality show a scale model carefully built by the artist, which he provides with digital post-processing.
Dioramas are life-size three-dimensional viewing boxes that show animals in their environment. They were built with great care in natural history museums from the beginning of the 20th century to reconnect urbanized mankind with nature. An incredible depth was created through forced perspective, giving the viewer the impression of being able to see miles across a room. Smart, extremely beautiful but also artificial.We do not only find these artificial windows on nature in museums. The old square viewing boxes now have a modern digital version. Much like dioramas, social media platforms use visual elements to give us a polished view of reality. urbanized mankind with nature. An incredible depth was created through forced perspective, giving the viewer the impression of being able to see miles across a room. Smart, extremely beautiful but also artificial.We do not only find these artificial windows on nature in museums. The old square viewing boxes now have a modern digital version. Much likedioramas, social media platforms use visual elements to give us a polished view of reality.
You can read more about Jan Pypers work on his website at JANPYPERS.COM
Jan Pypers , an official Hasselblad Master, was carefully chosen by Michael Murray to join an artist and photographer collective, to work in collaboration with Michael Murray Art to provide workplaces, boutique hotels, etc with the finest fine art photography and digital art.
To enquire about availability of his limited edition work, framed or unframed please email mmurray@michaelmurrayart.com
Michael Murray
Art Consultant + Digital Fine Artist