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Exhibition Detail Ruud Van Empel Strange Beauty Museum of Photographic Arts 1649 El Prado San Diego, CA 92101 October 13th, 2012 - February 3rd Opening: October 13th, 2012 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
	Ruud Van Empel © Courtesy of the Artist and Museum of Photographic Arts

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digital, photography, collage

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Ruud van Empel’s first American solo exhibition invites us to contemplate vibrant photo-art collages of fabricated realities. Strange Beauty features over 40 of van Empel’s digitally enhanced pieces, displaying images of perfect beauty with sinister undertones. Van Empel constructs his works through staged photography, digital enhancement and collage. His modern technique and composition is a product of an artistic journey, which spanned graphic design, theater and television. Hence, each image holds a distinctly theatrical air.

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