Belle Epoque - Haagse Kunstkring 

The exhibition 'Belle Epoque' is a unique collaboration between the photographer collective Nomads of Sehnsucht and poets from the Arts Department of the Hague Art Circle. Together they search for the atmosphere of the Belle Epoque, the beautiful time at the end of the nineteenth century. A time of prosperity and peace, in which art and literature flourished. The Hague writer Louis Couperus is an important exponent of our time. The poets of the Hague Art Circle selected and composed poems for this exhibition that fit the atmosphere of the Belle Epoque and Couperus' oeuvre.

The photographers of Nomads of Sehnsucht, in turn, made work on the poems. They experiment with the boundaries of photography, partly out of curiosity about the medium and partly out of a desire to arrive at their own visual language, suitable for depicting indefinable desires - Sehnsucht. The work was made with digital and antique cameras, high-tech or developed and printed by hand in the darkroom. In this way, an interesting, associative image of the Belle Epoque has been created, which can be viewed and read. The works of art and poems are presented side by side.

Many thanks go to the poets of the Hague Art Circle: Corina Engelbrecht, Edith de Gilde, Gerrit Vennema, Hans Franse, Jan Bervoets and Mariet Lems.

Exhibiting in The Hague are Sehnsucht members: Annemarie van Buuren, Dieter Provoost, Helma Vlemmings, Jacqueline Louter-Hoos, John de Vos, Mariska Pool, Mark van Hattem, Nicole Hagesteijn and Olga Rook.

On February 13, our exhibition will be the stage for a lecture by Anita Poolman about Louis Couperus with fragments from moving letters, written during the outbreak of the First World War, and moving short stories.

Finissage: Sunday February 27, 2022 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Matinee: Sunday February 13, 2022, starts at 3:00 PM
Period: February 2 to 27, 2022
Address: Denneweg 64, 2514 CJ The Hague