Beer & Teddy

Artist: Helena van der Kraan

Many of us had a teddy bear in our childhood. One of those bears that you take everywhere with you as a child, as if it were your best friend. Often it is given a name, such as Bear or Teddy, so that it becomes even more of a person. It is therefore not surprising that the teddy bear is seen as an important transition object in psychology: the bear supports the child in exploring the world.

Helena van der Kraan (1940-2020) has photographed more than two hundred teddy bears in recent years. She portrays them in the same way that she captures people. As models, the bears show themselves to be proud and self-assured or frightened and melancholy, but always with dignity. Approximately one hundred photo portraits of bears will be on display in the Fotomuseum Den Haag.

Until 13 June
Stadhouderslaan 43

Guide

Sinarts Gallery
1646
West Den Haag
Stroom Den Haag
exhibition
until 07 January

MULCH SLEEP

Baha Görkem Yalım
1646
exhibition
until 13 January

LABOUR AND WAIT

David Roth
Dürst Britt & Mayhew
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