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hidden portraits
For the viewer, the focus in my modified pictures shifts away from being the expression of an individual and towards the integration of painting in a social context. The “Hidden Portraits” examine the context of art as a means of representation and the relationship between image and individual.
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hidden portraits
Ten years in the making, Hidden Portraits reinterprets historical paintings through a modern lens. Using only elements from the original work, contemporary artist Volker Hermes visually manipulates famous Old Masters portraits, exploring expression when the face is obscured.
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ANIMALIS POYLEDAE
My collages are based on historical drawings of animals, either from early scientific expeditions or natural history studies. Using image processing, I transform individual parts of the drawn animal bodies into geometric shapes. In a final step, I combine the original drawing and the polyhedron to create a hybrid new animal.
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The Reflected Self
September 21, 2024
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February 23, 2025
Group show at Compton Verney House, UK, on miniature portraits and their influence on contemporary artists
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Hidden Portraits Book
October 14, 2024
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The Hidden Portraits Book: worldwide and in 4 languages
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the latest
the latest
Eyes on Time

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Solo Exhibiton at Suermondt-Ludwig Museum March-June 2024
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Artists on Artists Interview

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Volker Hermes and Peter Brathwaite on Frans Hals: the portrait they'd go for a drink with, the 'master of elbows' and the 'Joan Collins of Haarlem'.
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THE PORTRAITS OF VOLKER HERMES

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The artist behind a series of popular photocollages discusses the signs and symbols of portraiture.
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HISTORY REVISITED

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Vouge Portugal's article featuring the Hidden Portraits of Volker Hermes.
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THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS

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Hidden Jacometto graces the cover of the October, 2022 issue New York Review of Books.
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