Unsettled

“With her series Unsettled, Isabelle Pateer does more than just witness: she proposes a metaphor of the ambiguity between progress and disenchantment.”

François Delvoye, curator Botanique Brussels

“Isabelle has a gift of selecting motifs which ask questions – they are intriguing and they invite speculation.”

Ian Jeffrey, art critic, writer

“Pateer has created thoughtful imagery combining talent with a social purpose which effortlessly balances the narrative of the universal and the individual and how international capitalism touches on or even dominates people’s lives. The underlying truth here is about how global corporations wield their power. This is not to say that the photos don’t have visual appeal also, with their startling, sharply observed detail and pale Vermeer light. These are pictures of uncomfortable truths, eloquently spoken.”

Riikka Kuittinen, journalist

“You isolate the persons to let people feel the isolated situation in the series and its evocative.”

Robert Morton, agent/consultant for photography books

“Isabelle Pateer’s landscapes are like theatre sets – in their detail and construction they form backgrounds to stories. These become apparent when she inhabits her images with characters. Earth and concrete have never looked as hard as they do next to her young and vulnerable human relics, left behind by the roar and rumble of industrial expansion.”

Roísín Agnew, journalist

• Photofusion London (UK, 2013)
  Exhibition Views: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]
  Soloshow ‘Unsettled’ at Photofusion London.
  Dates: March 15th – April 26th 2013
  
  
• PhotoIreland – Copper House Gallery Dublin (IR, 2012)
  Exhibition Views: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
  Solo exhibition in the framework of PhotoIreland Photography Festival.
  Dates: 28.6 – 12.07.2012
  More info: www.photoireland.org
  
  
• Darmstädter Tage Der Fotografie (DE, 2012)
  Exhibition Views: [1], [2]
  Group exhibition, together with Nadav Kander, Christian Lutz, Suzanne Opton, Julian Röder, Frank Rothe and others.
  Dates: 20 – 22.04.2012
  More info: www.dtdf.de

• CC De Spil, Roeselare (BE, 2011)
  Exhibition Views: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]
  Solo exhibition.
  Location: CC De Spil, Roeselare (BE)
  Dates: 15.9 – 18.10.2011
  
  
• Botanique, Brussels (BE, 2010)
  Exhibition Views: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
  Group exhibition, curated by François Delvoye.
  Location: Botanique Brussels (BE)
  Dates: 4.11 – 12.12.2010

During the creation of the ongoing series ‘Unsettled’ I am publishing a series of booklets, of which each edition captures the deveopment and updates of the series. The third edition is out now (launched in November 2012) ! Previous editions were realised in 2010 (first edition) and 2011 (second edition) and are all sold out. Format of the booklets: 12 x 15 cm. 32 pages. Limited edition of 1.000 copies.

Curious? To browse through the latest issue, click here. You can order a copy by clicking on the button below (the price per copy is € 7,50 (P&P included). A book publication containing an overview of the whole project, following up the smaller booklets, is being prepared and expected for 2013.