Sara Blokland
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DE VERBEELDING Nederlands fotomuseum
Exhibition:THE GALLERY OF HONOUR OF DUTCH PHOTOGRAPHY The development of 180 years of photography
NFM KOOPT WERK AAN VAN HEDENDAAGSE MAKERS
Van wie is de wereld
Female – Love Letters
IDENTITIES: Contemporary Caribbean Perspective
met werk van Rachel Morón Kevin Osepa Quinsy Gario en (gastcurator) Sara Blokland
‘WHAT ABOUT ME?
‘What about me?’ waarin de zoektocht naar identiteit centraal staat.
VU Gallerie
De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam
Deelnemende kunstenaars Deelnemende kunstenaars…read more →
Open Set
lecture and workshop by Sara Blokland on 7 and 8 of december
at openset.nl
The Radical Cut-Up Muscle and Mind Week: Disruptive Narratives
Lecture October 9th title : Reproduction of family organized by Radical Cut-up, location Stedelijk Museum
12 and 14 dec. 2017 lecture at Appel art center and Witte de With
Lecture by Sara Blokland about postcolonialism and contemporary art.
KUNST NU (ART NOW) is a crash course contemporary art organized…read more →
26 APRIL 2017 speaker at the seminar :Objects and Affects
Ethnographic collections are spaces for histories of relations, colonial relations, knowledges, desires, lifeworlds, materials, and techniques.
The ethnographic archive is…read more →
11 APRIL 2017 open lecture FramerFramed
11-04-2017Srefidensi and the reproduction of a family history a lecture by Sara Blokland About her art and the project SrefidensiFoto, photo…read more →
Srefidensi and the Flag
Srefidensi en de Vlag van kunstenaars Sara Blokland en Jaya Pelupessy . Met dit werk kijken Blokland en Pelupessy naar…read more →
Mother’s History /On the move/ Het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Reproduction of family part 4: Mother’s history – a library of language
On the move 29 Aug 2014…read more →
Rooted Movement
Gallery Lmakprojects New York Group show; Sara Blokland, Jonathan Calm, Jeannette Ehlers, Nikita Gale, Erika Ranee
July 1 – August…read more →
Photo Stories / Gemeentemuseum The Hague
The Photobook: A History Volume III
Following the success of volumes I and II of The Photobook: A History, this third volume brings the history of…read more →
I Love Holland. Dutch post-war art / Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Gedeelde Erfenis: Slavernijverleden in de kunst
Work
A grey room of Gold
A grey room of Gold
With the exhibition FLASH BACK the Maurits house is Celebrating 200 years of being a…read more →
reproduction of family:part 5 /The group of 1938
For decades, the attic of the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam housed a number of life-size dolls – forgotten and covered…read more →
De Antillendag /The Antilles Day
Exhibitions on colonial history are always under scrutiny. Who is the viewer, whose voice is being heard, and which perspective…read more →
the Dollhouse (film)
For decades, the attic of the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam housed a number of life-size dolls forgotten and covered in dust,…read more →
Srefidensi
Srefidensi
In the artistic research project SREFIDENSI FOTO I collect and research photographs related to known and unknown Surinamese histories of…read more →
Srefidensi en de vlag
Installation work location Amsterdam South East 24, 24-11-2016 to 20-05-2017
Srefidensi en de Vlag; is a work in the…read more →
Reproduction of family part 4: Mother’s history – a library of language
In the multimedia installation, Mother’s History, a Library of Language, Sara Blokland explores her mother’s Amsterdam-Jewish family history. Blokland interviews…read more →
Play
Sara Blokland (NL) is a visual artist predominately working with photography. In her work she reflects on the complicated role…read more →
Reproduction of family part 3: The wallpaper paper
Printed 11 1/4 x 15 inches 148 pages Edition 10 2012
Reproduction of family part 3: Butterflies don’t exist
This is the third chapter in an ongoing narrative about photography, family histories, and migration. Using text, video, and…read more →
Reproduction of family part 2
This the second chapter in an ongoing narrative about photography, family histories and migration. Using text, video and photographic images…read more →
1975 de dag dat mijn vader een Surinamer werd
Reproduction of family part 1
This the first chapter in an ongoing narrative about photography, family histories and migration. Using text, video and photographic images…read more →
Siblings
Installation (wallpaper) 2008
Related: A photographic performance
Photography Inkjet print on paper 110x160cm 2007
Linda
2006
‘Linda’ is a series of photographs of Sara Blokland’s sister Linda who was a popidol in the late 90’s…read more →
Father’s paradise
The installation father’s paradise reflects on identity, ideals and memories. The work consists of photographs made by a man who cherishes his…read more →
Home
Home is a multi-media installation on the relation between migrant identities ,architecture and colonial aesthetics. More than 60 images and…read more →
Alex en Linda
Installation/inkjet prints more info coming soon 2005
Fam. Abstract
2002
Neutrals
2002
Fam
Fam
Fam is a photo series of 26 portraits of 4 members of Sara Blokland’s family. They are all photographed…read more →
Books
CURATING: Unfixed Photography and Postcolonial Perspectives in Contemporary Art
CONCEPT
UNFIXED ( 2009-2012) was a project that explored the relation between photography, postcolonial perspectives and contemporary art. It…read more →
Sideways
Initiative: Atousa Bandeh contributors: Atousa Bandeh, Sara Blokland, Katrin Korfmann, Nickel van Duivenbode, Bassam Chekhes en Tina Rahimy contribution Sara…read more →
The policeband of Suriname
Concept and photography: Sara Blokland Initiative and research: Afra Jonker Production: Boa Productions Design and image editing: Willem van Zoetendaal…read more →
archivo
Year 2009 Size 32×25 cm Colour Full colour Design Willem van Zoetendaal
Van Waarde
Concept : Sara Blokland Image editing and photography: Sara Blokland published by the Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen Design: Noa Segal production assistant:…read more →
about me
About Sara
Sara Blokland (the Netherlands, 1969 ) is a visual artist, independent researcher, and curator in Photography. Her work examines the…read more →
Podcast Interview met Sara Blokland in het NFM
45 jaar Srefidensi interview Black Archives
podcast Sara Blokland in gesprek met Ruben Jacobs
Mother’s History in the Stedelijk Museum
INTERVIEW Sara Blokland: “Who is allowed to be in the picture?”
Interview by Theresa Sigmund.
Sara Blokland: “Who is allowed to be in the picture?”
INTERVIEW: Vincent van Velsen in conversation with Sara Blokland.
About defining base, home and history
Sara Blokland is a visual artist, curator and independant researcher of photography. She lives…read more →
research and curating
IDENTITIES – Contemporary Caribbean perspectives
The Dutch-Caribbean identity cannot be confined to a single location, language, or culture. Its diversity is intertwined with the colonial…read more →
RESEARCH: Srefidensi a photographic perspective on the Surinamese histories of resistance and emancipation
“Srefidensi” ( Independence) (2015 – 2017) is an artistic research project that employs photography to reflect on centuries of…read more →
RESEARCH AND WRITINGS : MA THESIS Photography framing poverty
READ the complete MA THESIS here >>>>> Photographic production as colonizing practice: the construction of the ‘non-Western subject in crisis’…read more →
CURATING: Unfixed Photography and Postcolonial Perspectives in Contemporary Art
CONCEPT
UNFIXED ( 2009-2012) was a project that explored the relation between photography, postcolonial perspectives and contemporary art. It…read more →