03/09/2026
Currently on show as part of our Sweet Summer Weeks is the singular work of Casper Faassen, whose painterly approach to photography brings both beauty and decay to the fore.
Casper Faassen (1975) grew up in Leiden where, inspired by the 17th century masters from the same city such as Rembrandt and Van Goyen, he developed his love for drawing and painting.
Using traditional painterly subjects, Faassen’s attention shifts to photography, through which he explores the concepts of void, influenced by Japanese philosophy and art. He approaches his photography as paintings through various transparent layers. This creates a distance between subject and viewer and the interplay between what is seen and unseen. A final layer of craquelé refers back to painting and provides a contrast between beauty and apparent decay, but is mainly used by Faassen as a reference to time. Painters and photographers freeze a moment for eternity, and he emphasises this by adding this final signature layer.
A selection of works by Casper Faassen can currently be seen in the gallery, alongside work of Sanne Terweij and Marjolein van Haasteren, until Sunday 6 September.