Nocturnal Journey

Nocturnal Journey 

by

Hans op De Beeck

In ' Nocturnal journey ' , Hans Op de Beeck (1969) takes you on an exrtraordinary walk through an abandoned ,mysterious landscape.His monochrome grey sculptures seem covered  in ash. They are frozen in time. The works invite you to contemplate life, the many faces of beauty and emotion,the poetry of the everyday unguarded moment.

But there is more. Behind the serene beauty there lurks an enigmatic and dark atmosphere of imminenet disruption. The tranquil images of characters, still lifes, objects,animals and architecture invite you to look beyond the surface, to explore your subconscoius and find solace.

Discover ' Nocturnal Journey ' along the familiar and the unknown.

( Introduction to the exhibition )

Tatiana ( Soap bubble )

Yesterday I visited this exhibition, after seeing advertisement on the tv and in papers. I had to hurry to see it, because it is almost closing. So on the way I went. and I must say I was amazed by what this artist created. The dark rooms and selective lighting, together with some soft background music. Brings you straight in the mood. While for a weekday there were quite a lot of people, it felt if you were alone. Even more when you are looking through your lens.

The Horseman

The sculptures of the persons, specially the childern are fantastic. 

Sleeping Girl

A life size sculpture of a sleeping girl. You would expect that she would wake up .

Observing a sleeping person is touching,vulnerable as she is in that rarefied domain between presence and absence, in that elusive world of sleep and dream.

( artists impression )

Stargazing

Zhai - Liza ( Angel )

This litle angel was my favourite, and  I was not alone. For me it is like she felt that she had no role nomore to play. Because people have lost their imagination and the ability to believe in things you can not see.

Hélène

Taking a moment after a hard time

Dancer

Life size sculpture from a Brazilian dancer. Looking for a moment for herself.

Zhai - Liza ( Mother's Shoes )

This litle girl helt a captivating magic. Dressed up as a ballerina standing in her mother's shoes.

The Setlement

This instalation was so big it covered a whole room and it was fascinating. Sadly I had not a wide angle lens with me so I could not capture it completly.

So this was a small tour of this beautiful exhibition.

 Hope you enjoyed as much as i did.

On the technical side.

The camera used was my Fuji XT30, with the mighty XF35mm F1.4 on it.

 It was dark , very dark. So I had to use a high iso. After a few testshots I decided on iso 6400 and a shutterspeed of 1/30s ( that I still can keep stable ). I could not go slower because my camera or primelens do not have stabilisation.