The Carrier (a sentiment tattooed on his chest, verified by his record)

(Ink on Velké Losiny paper, on black-and-white photo and assemblage fragment with drypoint etching, 1999).

This artwork, created in 1999, is part of Bastiaan’s ongoing research project, Hurt Models. It is impossible to adequately summarize this work in just a few lines, as doing so would not do justice to the extensive body of work Christiaan Bastiaans has developed since he began focusing on this topic.

We invite you to read this article and view a short documentary ( in Dutch) to learn more:

https://hollandsemeesters.info/posts/show/8014