In the spotlight: photos by Rein Jelle Terpstra on display in the Hamburger Kunsthalle

The photo series Robert F Kennedy Funeral Train: The People’s View by Dutch artist Rein Jelle Terpstra is shown as part of the group exhibition 'Mourning: On Loss and Change' at the Hamburger Kunsthalle in Germany. This exhibition represents some 30 international artists from 15 countries who engage with the theme of loss in their work. Terpstra's photo series notably fits the theme, since it recounts the day that the coffin of assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was transported on a funeral train from New York City to Washington, D.C. Terpstra collected photographs and home movies by the mourners who lined the railway tracks to pay their final respects in 1968. The photo series has been shown in various parts of the world, including France, Spain and the United States.

Rein Jelle Terpstra studied two years at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam. He investigates the relationships between perception, memory and photography. He teaches fine arts and photography at the Hanze University, Minerva Art Academy, Groningen. In 2017, Terpstra undertook a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship in Washington, D.C. His work is held in the collection of the SFMOMA (San Francisco), MoMA Library (New York), EYE Film Museum (Amsterdam), Nederlands Fotomuseum (Rotterdam), and the Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles).

7 February 2020—14 June 2020: Mourning, On Loss and Change (with Bas Jan Ader, Christian Boltanski, Andy Warhol a.o.) at the Hamburger Kunsthalle. Curator: Brigitte Köller

17 January 2020—15 March 2020: Geografías del viage (with Francis Alÿs, Adrian Paci, Christina de Middel a.o.) at Visiona, Huesca, Spain. Curator: Pedro Vicente

17 March 2018—23 September 2018: The Train: RFK's Last Journey (with Paul Fusco and Philippe Parreno) at SFMOMA, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. Curator: Clement Cheroux

2 July 2018—23 September 2018: The Train: RFK's Last Journey (with Paul Fusco and Philippe Parreno) at Les Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France. Curator: Clement Cheroux

23 May 2018—2 September 2018: RFK Funeral Train: The People’s View at ICP, International Center of Photography, New York City. Curator: Erin Barnett

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