FOAM MAGAZINE #14 / MEANWHILE... / DANIËLLE VAN ARK

Danielle van Ark – graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 2005. Van Ark’s great interest in sociology shows through in everything she does. Her work reflects unceasing observation of human conditions and behaviours. While making two series about the world of galleries and contemporary art, For Art’s Sake and What’s the Big Deal Anyway, the idea of photographing stuffed animals in museum depots arose. Although stuffed animals and the art world seemed at first to be two entirely distinct subjects, the sociological slant that characterizes all Van Ark’s work once again proves capable of uniting divergent themes, as can be seen in The Mounted Life.