Sebastiaan Bremer

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Artist Statement

I take photographs, found or personal into trippy, dusty memories that simultaneously reveal the subconscious and the real world in one blink of the eye. I’ve invented a poetic braille made-up of text, personal symbols, and ghostly shapes that integrate with their complex grounds almost to the point of disappearing, becoming buried in a sea of suspended dots. By laboriously painting on top of snapshots, I intend to slow down time to render a hauntingly beautiful interior landscape.

 

Confessional: Turn to Moss was originally created for the project Sanctuary 2017 that took place at the San Damiano Mission from Feb 27th – March 17th 2017 in Greenpoint Brooklyn. The confessional was inspired by and replaced, if only temporarily, the original confessional that had recently been converted into restrooms at the Mission.

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    Sebastiaan Bremer
    Born 1970, The Netherlands
    Schöner Götterfunken VII, ‘Joyful As His Suns Are Flying’ (Froh, Wie Seine Sonnen Fliegen)
    2011
    Unique hand-painted c-print with mixed media
    51” x 50”

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    Sebastiaan Bremer
    Born 1970, The Netherlands
    Schöner Götterfunken XIV, ‘At Nature’s Bosoms’ (An Den Bruesten Der Natur)
    2010
    Unique hand-painted c-print with mixed media
    51” x 50”

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    Sebastiaan Bremer
    Born 1970, The Netherlands
    Schöner Götterfunken XXIII, ‘She Gave Us Both Vines and Kisses’
    2017
    Unique hand-painted c-print with mixed media
    50” x 50”

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    Portrait of Sebastiaan Bremer Drawn by Devon Dikeou
    2017
    Pencil on Paper

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    Sebastiaan Bremer
    Born 1970, The Netherlands
    Confessional: Turn to Moss
    2017
    A collaboration by Josephine Riggs, Sebastiaan Bremer, Manuel Miranda and Bill Swartz
    Wood walls, floor, and dome top with stained glass windows, tea lights, cot, shag rug, amplifier, speakers, and projector

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    Sebastiaan Bremer
    Born 1970, The Netherlands
    Confessional: Turn to Moss
    2017
    A collaboration by Josephine Riggs, Sebastiaan Bremer, Manuel Miranda and Bill Swartz
    Wood walls, floor, and dome top with stained glass windows, tea lights, cot, shag rug, amplifier, speakers, and projector

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    Sebastiaan Bremer
    Born 1970, The Netherlands
    Confessional: Turn to Moss
    2017
    A collaboration by Josephine Riggs, Sebastiaan Bremer, Manuel Miranda and Bill Swartz
    Wood walls, floor, and dome top with stained glass windows, tea lights, cot, shag rug, amplifier, speakers, and projector

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    Sebastiaan Bremer
    Born 1970, The Netherlands
    Confessional: Turn to Moss
    2017
    A collaboration by Josephine Riggs, Sebastiaan Bremer, Manuel Miranda and Bill Swartz
    Wood walls, floor, and dome top with stained glass windows, tea lights, cot, shag rug, amplifier, speakers, and projector

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    Portrait of Sebastiaan Bremer Drawn by Devon Dikeou
    2017
    Pencil on Paper