The work of visual artist Wendelien van Oldenborgh (born 1962) unlocks parts of our reality that often remain hidden elsewhere in public life.
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Wendelien van Oldenborgh
- Visual artist
In Van Oldenborgh’s work, image and sound are not relegated to a supporting role in the narrative but are controlling elements in themselves. An early example of this is Sound Track Stage (2006), in which two subcultures, ‘Gabber’ and ‘Hip-Hop’, confront and spar with each other musically and verbally. The confrontation took place at the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum and was filmed and simultaneously screened. Van Oldenborgh always chooses her social or historical themes carefully, in close relationship with the space, and film or photography.
Wendelien van Oldenborgh has shown her work at the Sao Paulo (2010), Venice (2011) and Istanbul (2009) biennales. She trained at Goldsmith College in London and has worked in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. She teaches at several art schools. She is a recipient of the most important Dutch award for an artist, the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for the Arts.