Viviane sassen

In her first London exhibition, witness the long-time Dazed collaborator and photographer’s surreal brand of artistry

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An exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

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Reading Time: 4 minutes “When I was younger I was jealous of photographers who had their own very personal subject matter and aesthetic. It’s so important to allow yourself the freedom to be truly creative,” says Dutch artist Viviane Sassen. “Experimentation is central to my practice.” Sassen’s daring and idiosyncratic approach hangs somewhere between fashion and fine art. At the core of her practice is an understanding of the importance of constant experimentation, thus making her images…

*Very few photographers straddle art and fashion photography as successfully as Viviane Sassen. This year the Dutch photographer has already exhibited _In and Out of Fashion_, an experimental show at The Photographers’ Gallery and her hotly-tipped solo exhibition at the ICA, _Pikin Slee_. The latter consists of a series of photographs taken in a remote village in Suriname. It’s a long way, both geographically and figuratively, from the studio sets and powerful lights of her commercial work –…

Viviane Sassen • Tokyo 2020 Official Art Posters, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (entrance hall), Tokyo, Japan, 6 January 2020