Dutch artist Ruud Van Empel is currently presenting Souvenir, Dawn, Moon, World, his third exhibition with the Chelsea-based Stux Gallery. Within this new series, the artist further pushes his unique photographic aesthetic. The photographs feature the artist’s iconic childlike characters depicted in an erie light. The show also introduces new bronze-cast sculptures, bringing the same characters to life in a new form. The artist continuously challenges the notion of truth and possibility with photography through the use of subtle digital manipulation, destroying the fine line between the real and the impossible.

Van Empel has internationally and has 4 additional solo exhibitions scheduled this year. The artist will exhibit DAWN at Gallery Terra Tokyo in Japan and Flatlands in Paris, SOUVENIR at TZR Gallery in Dusseldorf, Germany and RUUD VAN EMPEL PHOTOWORKS at Leica Galerie in Prague, Chech Republic.