Barbara van Ittersum Born 1968 in Amsterdam (NL), photographer Barbara van Ittersum studied at the University for the Arts in Utrecht (HKU). She has been working as a photographer since 1987 and has held many expositions as well as doing critically acclaimed work for magazines and outdoor advertising campaigns. The photographs "Posthuman Dolls" (2002) takes the form of a laboratory research project. Barbara van Ittersum uses Barbie's in her photographs as focal subjects, or as "beautiful objects" as idol-icon. Does Barbie establish, and is she responsible for idealistic and irrational goals for women, and do they, as dolls promote plastic surgery? Does it approach sophisticated genetic manipulation? Human cloning? Biotechnology? Factor X; all human quality interests and doll sizes. The photographs function as if in a state of experiment; issues of conventionality and "good taste" result in images of vanity and lust, cruelty and pride, fear and loneliness. Her pictures function as a mirror of social consciousness. The second series of abattoir photographs "Nice to Meat You" were shot for Reload Magazine (2000), the models came from the Paparazzi modeling agency Michanou and Jojanne.
Inez van Lamsweerde Born 1963 in Amsterdam (NL). Studied at the Vogue Academy of Fashion (1983 - 1985) and Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam (1985 - 1990). 1992"Thank You Tight master" (1993) was created and first exhibited. Alongside artistic works such as the series "The Forest" (1995) and "Me" (1999). In the subsequent years she also did fashion photography, in part with international art institutions. For her early collaborations of this kind she worked with renowned fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton, Yohji Yamamoto, Joop, and Thierry Mugler. Recently she claimed fame as a photographer for her cover and video work for recording artist Bjork. The two photographs exhibited in this show, are from a Series entitled "Angel" (1992), which caused an uproar in her native country at the time.
