Shades of the Night

BBA Gallery presents the debut solo exhibition of the Dutch artist Vincent van Gaalen: “Shades of the Night”. In the ongoing series “Absence”, van Gaalen's artistic photographs of natural landscapes in the light of the full moon emphasise the importance of our unique ecosystems, the preservation of which is evermore threatened. To raise awareness of our threatened environment, the exhibition opens on Saturday 23. March on the occasion of Earth Hour (from 20:30 - 21:30).

Darkness is disappearing as light pollution within Europe is increasing at an average rate of 6.5% every year. Since 2020, the Dutch artist has been photographing unique panoramas with the simplest of equipment in the most remote areas of Europe. In these dark landscapes, unaffected by light pollution, familiar landscapes seem strangely remote. The landscapes he documents include places in Portugal, Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Czech Republic.