Meet the Artist: Gerco de Ruijter

Hirshhorn Plaza

Stills from Gerco de Ruijter’s Crops, 2012. Courtesy of the artist
Stills from Gerco de Ruijter’s CROPS, 2012. Courtesy of the artist

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Gerco de RuijterBest known for bird’s-eye-view landscape photography, Gerco de Ruijter (Dutch, b. Vianen, 1961; lives and works in Rotterdam) mined Google Earth for the images he montaged into his stop-frame animation CROPS (2012), now on view in the Black Box gallery. For this presentation, de Ruijter discusses his photography and film work, leading up to and including CROPS.

Right: Gerco de Ruijter. Courtesy of artist

Sponsored by Mondriaan Fund


This program is made possible with financial support from
the Mondriaan Foundation and Manuel de Santaren.

On Thursday, Oct. 24, both third floor exhibitions, OSGEMEOS: Endless Story and Mark Bradford: Pickett’s Charge will be closed.
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