FAMILY AT SEA  |  FAMILIE OP ZEE 
2015 - ongoing

In Family at sea an old family photo is central. It is an image of Sjeng Beurskens, my grandfather’s brother, during his crossing from the Netherlands to America with the Holland Amerika Lijn.
On 6 December 1949 he departed together with his wife Jet and their two sons on the steamer ‘Nieuw Amsterdam’. The photo has inspired several works, a three-dimensional work, a video and silhouette cutouts.

Poplar playwood, glass
103 x 103 x 11 cm

Poplar playwood,  hinges
300 x 189 x 1 cm

Silent moment 2018, video-loop

Edition 10
Cut-out between glass
37x28 cm

Collection Museum van Bommel van Dam

Multiple
Edition 10
Birch plywood, glass, hinges 
18x18x7 cm