Paved by the old and trudged upon by the present are the streets that stand for the sake of our heavy footsteps. The new world is what has become of the old; the present, a representation of the evolution, or maybe antithesis, of the past. Either way: what and whomever has at one point walked, breathed, or merely stood upon its grounds still remains… always have and always will.
But what happens when the two worlds meet? Will the disciples fight back in a silent protest or conjoin in the resurrection of a peace and harmony that once was? Amsterdam photographer-turned-collage-artist Mark Boellaard devises his personal interpretation through a series of pastiche pieces lined with Biblical allusions, Greek mythology, and a world turned upside down -or right side up. Who’s really to say?
Boellaard is resourceful in achieving his purpose in a visual easily likable, yet imperatively puzzling.
Boellaard introduces Sinner to Saint.
& Boellaard is ever so witty in his message:
Man must face himself at one point or another. But does he understand or agree with what he sees, knowing that his reflection is a product of he and himself only? Aware his footsteps have veered off of the “intended path,” does he cloak himself in shame or continue to walk? Boellaard arises a subject not often arisen, but whose relevance is something that should be pondered. Judging upon where we stand now, he seems to think the rhythm of a simultaneous existence is, like all else, based upon what we make have and continue to make of it.
