Magical landscapes
Salt flats, ice caps and deserts: Scarlett Hooft Graafland (1973) photographs magical landscapes in the most remote areas of the world. From Iceland to Madagascar and from Bolivia to Turkey she stages colourful and often mysterious performances and installations.
Hooft Graafland stays in those places for long periods of time and always works closely with the local population. She chooses her subjects while she’s there, inspired by nature and the culture of the location. Her personal insights of life return in her work. She addresses topical issues like climate change, inequality and the position of women with humour and surprise.
Book
Publication accompanying the exhibition
Mesmerizing
The exhibition will be accompanied by the publication of the same name, Scarlett Hooft Graafland. Mesmerizing. This high-quality publication contains stunning photographs of Hooft Graafland's work, complemented by in-depth background stories about the photographs featured in the exhibition.
Image: Petra Warrink
About the artist
Scarlett Hooft Graafland studied in The Hague and New York. She trained as a sculptor and began photographing to capture her installations.
Scarlett Hooft Graafland has had solo exhibitions at Fotografiska, Stockholm's photography museum, Huis Marseille Museum of Photography, Amsterdam, Landskrona Museum in Sweden, Museum of Photography in Seoul, South Korea, MOCA museum in Lima, Peru and the MOCCA museum in Toronto, Canada.
Image: Portrait Scarlett Hooft Graafland, photo: Sascha de Boer