Still moving forward in stretching the photographic boundaries, in this Fall show Casper Faassen partly looks back on where it all started, his initial source of inspiration: Rembrandt. The moment he stood face to face with The Night Watch marked the beginning of 35 years of drawing, taking photographs and painting. The first painting he ever made was a colorful interpretation of the Shooting Company on his bedroom wall. 4 October marks the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt’s death, and this …

This exhibition has been selected by the whole Kahmann Gallery team and all of the represented artists will be on show. It will provide a unique insight into the personal choices behind an exhibition. The common denominator between the works is the personal meaning they have to the Kahmann Gallery team. Works of several important periods will be on show, from vintage to the newest talents.

Kahmann Gallery and X BANK Amsterdam proudly present the new photographic series by Dutch artist Casper Faassen (1975), inspired by the most famous Dutch Master of all: Rembrandt van Rijn. Last spring, Faassen was given the opportunity to temporarily work in the 17th century studio of Jacob van Swanenburg, where 15-year-old Rembrandt van Rijn got his first painting lessons some 400 years ago. The studio proved to be a tremendous source of inspiration for Faassen, who, as a child, develo…

Join us for the opening of RARE, an exhibition filled with rare and unique pieces. From hand-colored, vintage 19th century Japanese Albumen prints to unique David Bowie photo collages by Frank Ockenfels. While unicity is something you don't normally associate with photography, Kahmann Gallery has collected and selected pieces that are one-off or in very small editions, to create a veritable Wunderkammer of photography. In this exhibition we will show some of our most excit…

SCAPES, the first Kahmann Gallery group show of the year. The exhibition will feature works that all play with the notion of a scape - landscape, bodyscape or cityscape. All are themes that are prolific within photography, but for SCAPES the works chosen play with these common motifs. We're made unsure of what we're precisely looking at, making it all the more fascinating. SCAPE: a combining form extracted from landscape, with the meaning “an extens…

Kahmann Gallery is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. To mark this special occasion, Kahmann Gallery will bring together masterpieces from the whole roster of artists in the exhibition Past + Present. These works are the highlights from the past decade and give an exciting prospect about what is to come in the future for the gallery. In Past + Present, Kahmann Gallery combines vintage and contemporary work in a unique way, where the works interact with and enhance each other, t…

The photographer and painter Casper Faassen (Leidschendam,1975) will show 12 new photographic works at Kahmann Gallery this spring under the title SEISUI. Roughly translated, the Japanese titel Seisui means purity. However, Seisui also stands for the contrast between prosperity and decay; a returning theme in the work of Faassen. The influence of Japanese print art is clear in de new series. Not only the subjects, but in particular the appearance and the handling of the works shows…

In the early days of photography, exposure times were very long, making static objects the ideal subject matter for the pioneers of the medium. However, as the technology developed, the fascination for capturing the still life has remained. While a still life can look deceptively simple, it is one of the most difficult types of art for a photographer to achieve. It requires a keen sense of lighting, as well as great compositional skills. The true test of a great artist thus lies in the creatio…