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Pier 24: Van Der Molen Lecture Oct. 5 Share This on LinkedIn   Share This on Google   Tweet This   Forward This

28 September 2017

Pier 24 has announced it will host a lecture by photographer Awoiska van der Molen, the recipient of the Larry Sultan Photography Award, as part of the Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program.

Awoiska van der Molen. #204-4 (2009).

Van der Molen seeks to comprehend the essence of the isolated world she photographs by spending long periods of time in solitude in the remote landscapes to uncover the identity of the place. Her large-scale, black-and-white images convey her experience of the emotional and physical qualities of the places she photographs.

The meditative process of photographing the landscape continues in the darkroom, where van der Molen makes gelatin silver prints by hand. "I often experience the scenes in my works as borderlands," she writes. "They can be the beginning or the end, life or death, something that invites or something to turn away from. I only make a picture when I sense these paradoxes."

The free lecture will be held at the California College of the Arts in the Timken lecture hall, at 7 p.m. on Oct. 5. Her work is currently on view in the exhibition The Grain of the Present at Pier 24 Photography.

Lecture with Awoiska van der Molen

Pier 24 Photography announces an upcoming lecture by photographer Awoiska van der Molen, the recipient of the Larry Sultan Photography Award. This lecture is part of the Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program.

Thursday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m.
Timken Lecture Hall, California College of the Arts
1111 Eighth Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

Seating is on a first come, first-served basis.

The work of Amsterdam-based Awoiska van der Molen develops from a desire to comprehend the essence of the isolated world she photographs. Spending long periods of time in solitude in remote landscapes, she slowly uncovers the identity of the place. Her large-scale, black-and-white images convey her experience of the emotional and physical qualities of the places she photographs. The meditative process of photographing the landscape continues in the darkroom, where van der Molen prints her gelatin silver prints by hand. Of her process, she writes, "I often experience the scenes in my works as borderlands. They can be the beginning or the end, life or death, something that invites or something to turn away from. I only make a picture when I sense these paradoxes."

Van der Molen studied at Minerva Art Academy, The Netherlands and at Hunter College, New York, before receiving her MFA in photography at St. Joost Academy in The Netherlands. Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including FOAM Fotografie Museum, Amsterdam; FoMu Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium; and The Photographers' Gallery, London. Van der Molen's work is included in the collections of institutions such as the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; and Museum of Photography, Seoul. In 2017, Van der Molen received the Larry Sultan Photography Award and was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. Her work is currently on view in the exhibition The Grain of the Present at Pier 24 Photography.


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