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Suzanne Jongmans bridges centuries of image-making in her retrospective<\/strong><\/a> Rewriting History, on view at Dordts Patrici\u00ebrshuis in Dordrecht, Netherlands, until October 26th, 2025. Within the stately 18th-century townhouse, Jongmans\u2019 photographs<\/strong><\/a>, eerily reminiscent of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, confront visitors with an unexpected tension, as beneath their luminous serenity lies a fabric of plastic, foam, and bubble wrap (find designboom\u2019s previous coverage here<\/strong><\/a>). Her portraits transform disposable packaging materials<\/strong><\/a> into sculptural costumes, restaging the poise and symbolism of old Dutch masters and reflecting on today\u2019s culture of mass consumption.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Jongmans spends weeks sewing the garments herself before assembling hundreds of photographic fragments into a single image, building layer upon layer, as painters once applied glaze and pigment. Through this time-intensive process, she restores the tactile and temporal weight once inherent in painting and clothing production, exposing its contrast with the immediacy and disposability of contemporary life.<\/p>\n In Resonance (2021) reflects the interconnected vibrations of the universe | all images by Suzanne Jongmans<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Rewriting History spans the historic rooms of the Dordts Patrici\u00ebrshuis<\/strong><\/a> museum, where Jongmans\u2019 hyperreal portraits seem to complete the antique interiors of the house. Materials once destined for waste bins acquire the dignity of brocade, while faces captured in modern light echo the solemnity of another age. This interplay, as Jongmans explains, \u2018shows how the historical setting can strengthen and enrich the contemporary artwork and vice versa.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Existential dualities, love and loss, transience and eternity, youth and maturity, form the emotional thread through her practice. Costumes and still lifes become vehicles for introspection and connection, translating personal encounters into universal reflections. \u2018Clothing has always been a sign and a means of communication,\u2019<\/em> the Dutch photographer<\/strong><\/a> notes, using the material and metaphorical layers of attire to question how identity and belonging are constructed.<\/p>\n Princes Eva<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Among the works on view are Solitude (2014), where a young woman in a foam-rubber habit holds a sprig of jasmine, symbolizing purity and introspection; Mind Over Matter: Present (2015), a self-portrait with the artist\u2019s son exploring motherhood and presence; and In Resonance (2021), a meditation on vibrational connectivity in the universe. In The Whole of Who We Are (2023), battered marbles resembling planets become symbols of creativity and human potential.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Jongmans\u2019 multidisciplinary practice combines photography, costume design, sculpture, and textile craft. The exhibition surveys her oeuvre but also reveals her process of transforming the ordinary into the sublime, the disposable into the enduring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Mind over Matter \u2013 Cutting Loose<\/p>\n Mind over Matter \u2013 Closure<\/p>\n Mind over Matter \u2013 Solitude | the model in a foam habit, holding jasmine as a symbol of purity and strength<\/p>\n Prins Jona | Jona at 9, dressed as a young nobleman with a foam-heart collar<\/p>\n Julie, portrait of a woman<\/p>\n Kindred Spirits \u2013 Present | a self-portrait with the artist\u2019s son, exploring Present as a gift and the current moment<\/p>\n Mind over Matter \u2013 Room for change<\/p>\n Kindred Spirits \u2013 The Receptive Mode<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n name:<\/strong> Rewriting History<\/p>\n artist:<\/strong> Suzanne Jongmans<\/a> | @suzannejongmans<\/a><\/p>\n location:<\/strong> Dordts Patrici\u00ebrshuis<\/a> | @dordts_patriciershuis<\/a>, Dordrecht, The Netherlands<\/p>\n dates:<\/strong> April 26th \u2013 October 26th, 2025<\/p>\n The post photographer suzanne jongmans recreates renaissance portraits using packaging materials<\/a> appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Suzanne Jongmans recreates paintings with recycled materials \u00a0 Suzanne Jongmans bridges centuries of image-making in her retrospective Rewriting History, on view at Dordts Patrici\u00ebrshuis in Dordrecht, Netherlands, until October 26th, 2025. Within the stately 18th-century … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nRewriting History on view at the Dordts Patrici\u00ebrshuis museum<\/h2>\n
Reimagining Tradition Through Material and Form<\/h2>\n