Juul Hondius

Gallery text De Appel, 2004

‘For De Appel, Hondius is showing a new series of photographs made during an unbroken period travelling through different parts of the world. Much of this time was spent in planes, trains, boats and busses, where he photographed his fellow passengers, resulting in photographs of people in transit. What we mainly notice in these photographs is the isolated world that the traveller finds himself during his journey. Through the unequivocal way he treats light, certain characteristics of place and time disappear, with the result that images become exchangeable. In making this subtle intervention the artist demonstrates that travelling is a universal fact.’

Assignment for Atelier Rijksgebouwendienst ‘Kunst in de Hoftoren’. Department of Education, Culture & Science / Ministerie van OCW / The Hague / 2004