A Wapping new project comes to Mayfair
With haunting images of thorns in jars and women’s faces taken over by reptiles, the work of Netherlands-born photographer Juul Kraijer is certainly arresting.
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Juul Kraijer, Untitled, 2013
The photographer has been chosen as the debut artist to show in a new Wapping Project Backside space opening in Mayfair next month, thanks to Jules Wright, who launched The Wapping Project and Wapping Bankside, and antique dealers Malletts.
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Juul Kraijer, Untitled, 2012
This new site replaces the Wapping Project Bankside’s former home near the Tate Modern.
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Juul Kraijer, Untitled, 2013
The exhibition will span the third floor of Malletts, and showcases Kraijer’s dramatic, Surrealist-inspired style.
According to the gallery, Kraijer’s use of reptiles and other animals in her imagery aim to ‘subvert the traditional hierarchies between human and animal, model and accessory’.
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Juul Kraijer, Untitled, 2012
It goes on, ‘In a situation that would normally arouse anxiety, the model preserves a stillness and grace reminiscent of Renaissance portraiture, further evoking a sense of an otherworldly, dream-like space through real encounters that border on the surreal.
‘Moreover, the stark images resist any specific time or context, conveying a sense of the eternal.’
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Juul Kraijer, Untitled, 2012
Juul Kraijer is on show from 18 September – 30 October Mallett, Ely House, 37 Dover Street London W1
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Juul Kraijer, Untitled, 2013
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