DutchCulture | Buitengaats: Erwin Olaf

Photographer Erwin Olaf (1959) is one of the frequent travellers of the Dutch art scene. Or rather his work can be seen all over the globe.

Erwin Olaf's art implicitly visualises the unspoken, the overlooked, that which typically resists easy documentation. Olaf's trademark is to address social issues, taboos and bourgeois conventions within the framework of a highly stylised and cunning mode of imagery. Mixing photojournalism with studio photography, Olaf emerged on the international art scene in 1988, when his series Chessmen was awarded the first prize in the Young European Photographer competition.

This month, Olaf is participating in various group and solo exhibitions in a number of European cities.

Berlin
6th European Month of Photography Berlin, 16 October - 16 November 
Galerie Wagner + Partner and Bar Barbette
The series Fall (2008) and the film Le Dernier Cri (2006)

Martin Gropius Bau
MemoryLab: The Sentimental Turn. Photography Challenges History. Work from the Berlin series (2012)

Budapest
MODEM, 25 October 2014 – 1 February 2015
Karussell, first retrospective in Hungary

Lausanne
Musée de Design et d'Arts Appliqués Contemporain - mudac, 29 October 2014 - 26 April 2015
Nirvana. Les étranges formes du plaisir