Vanitas

Ryan Van Der Hout Looping MP4 2688 x 2160 pixels Edition 1/1 (Prints of still images editioned separately)

In Collecting Dust, Van Der Hout photographs still life scenes covered in layers of dust and decay showing the accumulation of time and neglect.

By covering recreated Dutch vanitas paintings and famous artworks, in dust Van Der Hout imagines what our most prized artworks would look like in a world long neglected. What would it look like when all that is left to do is collect dust?