Frans Lampe conjures up landscapes mainly by looking down from above. His landscape reconstructions, done by joining up thousands of detailed photographs of as many square metres of land, also often reveal a view of the horizon, in all directions. To be able to see as much in reality you would have to spin round 360 degrees, or, like a hare, you'd have to have eyes on either side of your head. Would Albrecht Dürer's famous Rasenstück have looked the same through the eyes of his equally famous Hase? Lampe combines the perspective of a child, who only pays attention to its immediate environment, with that of a pilot who has the whole world beneath him. He offers the viewer a stunning, fresh view of things that we thought we were already familiar with. He even manages to find the subject for an intriguing landscape representation in a messy piece of agricultural wasteland near his village of Helvoirt
Frans Lampe
1951
Tilburg