Instructor Christopher Cogan will be showing new video work in the exhibition: “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” at the Gallery Maurits van de Laar, The Hague Netherlands in April. 

Cogan will have two works in the show, both from 2022. One is a video projection titled Occurrence and the other is a video collaboration with the Dutch artist Pierre Tol, which will be shown on a Tube/CRT monitor.

The show is curated by the artist Folkert de Jong and includes works by Jockum Nordström, Irene de Boer, Jan Dietvorst, Delphine Courtillot, Christopher Cogan, Folkert de Jong, Sven’t Jolle, Jantien Jongsma, Bart Nijstad, Klaas Rommelaere, Robert Taplin, Pierre Tol, and Dirk Zoete.

The title “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” is derived from Joseph Campbell's study in which he analyzes various myths and archetypes with which people try to interpret the world. “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” is an exhibition about the relationship between pilgrims, mystics, cowboys, and priestesses.

About the Gallery Maurits van de Laar:

The gallery, established in 1991 in The Hague, The Netherlands focuses on art in which the personal involvement and engagement of the artist emerges. There is an emphasis on drawings because concepts and ideas are first conceived here. The directness and informality of drawing make that the artist gives him/herself away most in this medium. Painting shown in the gallery is mostly figurative, here too the personal is important besides individual character or recalcitrance. Three dimensional work has an outspoken personal form language or experiments with new ways of inhabiting spaces and exploring natural processes. In addition there is the awareness, that a gallery should be a stage for experiment also. At least once a year an artist realizes an installation or a project in the gallery.

About Christopher Cogan:

Christopher Cogan is a multi-media artist who lives and works in Athens GA. His films and installations have been presented in numerous exhibitions internationally. He has worked extensively in television and in the visual arts in France and America for over two decades. Recent shows include the Biennale d’Aix-en-Provence, France (2022), La Friche Belle de Mai: Marseille France, Kranenburgh Museum: Bergen Holland, Middelheim Museum: Antwerp Belgium, Galerie Fons Welters: Amsterdam, “Xcentric” at CCCB: Barcelona, 1646 Gallery: Den Hague, 2011 Leeds Film Festival; and the Oberhausen Film Festival. Cogan is represented by Light Cone, Paris and Canyon Cinema, San Francisco. He currently teaches experimental media in The Photo/Expanded Media department at the University of Georgia.