Sara Blokland

News

10/06/24
30/11/24

The Day my father became a Surinamer now at the the Stedelijk

01/06/22
16/10/22

FLASH | BACK at the Mauritshouse

21/05/22
25/09/22

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

23/04/21
01/01/70

Van wie is de wereld

08/03/20
13/09/20

Female – Love Letters

17/01/20
29/03/20

IDENTITIES: Contemporary Caribbean Perspective

met werk van Rachel Morón Kevin Osepa Quinsy Gario en (gastcurator) Sara Blokland

06/05/19
12/07/19

‘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 →

24/11/16
24/04/17

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 →

29/08/14
22/02/15

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 →

27/06/14
01/08/14

Rooted Movement

Gallery Lmakprojects New York Group show; Sara Blokland, Jonathan Calm, Jeannette Ehlers, Nikita Gale, Erika Ranee

July 1 – August…read more →

23/05/14
21/09/14

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 →

21/09/13
06/09/15

I Love Holland. Dutch post-war art / Stedelijk Museum Schiedam

30/06/13
31/08/13

Gedeelde Erfenis: Slavernijverleden in de kunst

Work

A grey room of Gold ( 2022)

With the exhibition FLASH BACK, the Mauritshuis is celebrating 200 years as an art museum. “A Grey Room of Gold”…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 constantly under scrutiny. Whose perspective dominates? Whose voice is heard, and who is the intended…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…read more →

Srefidensi

In the artistic research project SREFIDENSI FOTO, I collect and research photographs related to both known and unknown Surinamese…read more →

Srefidensi en de vlag

“Srefidensi en de Vlag” is a public space work created by Sara Blokland and Jaya Pelupessy.

The focus of our…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. Sara Blokland…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. Through the use of…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

( in collection of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam)

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

( in collection of Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam)

The Coffee room /de koffie kamer ( 2008)

The Coffee Room was an installation set in the former coffee room used by the Zuiderzee Museum’s repair staff. Originally…read more →

Linda

2006

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Linda” is a series of photographs featuring Sara Blokland’s sister, Linda, who was a pop idol in the…read more →

Father’s paradise

The installation “Father’s Paradise” reflects on identity, ideals, and memories. The work comprises photographs taken by a man who cherishes…read more →

Home

“Home” is a multimedia installation exploring the relationship between migrant identities, architecture, and colonial aesthetics. Over 60 images and 6…read more →