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Viviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEVViviane Sassen — The Body as SculptureIVAN EROFEEV
Viviane Sassen
The Body as Sculpture
Fotografiska Berlin Berlin, Germany 2025
Curator: Marina Paulenka
Viviane Sassen’s the body as sculpture explores the human form through a unique lens that blends photography with sculpture. Her work challenges traditional representations of the body, creating dynamic and surreal images where the body interacts with light, shadow, and its surroundings in unexpected ways. By focusing on the body’s relationship to space, texture, and material, Sassen transforms her subjects into living sculptures, constantly pushing the boundaries of both photography and sculpture.
Drawing from her background in fashion photography and fine art, Sassen reimagines the body as part of a larger visual narrative. Her photographs are not just depictions of the human form but sculptural compositions in their own right. Sassen’s use of stark contrasts between light and shadow gives her images a sculptural, three-dimensional quality, making the body appear as though it is part of a physical assemblage, not just a subject of the lens.
The theme of the body as a living, dynamic object is central to Sassen’s work. As a young child, Sassen grew up in Kenya, where her father, who was a doctor, worked at the local hospital. She also lived next door to a clinic where young patients with Polio were treated. Being exposed to the medical world and the body in all its varieties has left a very strong imprint and has influenced her later work as an artist profoundly.