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Torso in Paris

I am more than honored to tell you that my work is Torso RM / Self-Portrait 6 has been loaned by the Rijksmusem Amsterdam to the Dutch Residence in Paris, HΓ΄tel d’Avaray. In the center of the garden, the work is placed at an extraordinary height. To surprising effect. The work here exudes grandeur and […]

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Self-Portrait 20 and 23 in ‘the Standard’

Last month, the Belgian newspaper de Standaard wrote about Skeleton / Self-Portrait 20 and Declaration of Sanctity / Self-Portrait 23 as part of the exhibition Under the spell of GOLD at Wereldmuseum Leiden. “Dutch artist Caspar Berger created a relic by having a 3D print of his own upper arm bone cast in solid gold, […]

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‘Under the spell of GOLD’

World Museum Leiden, Dec. 21, 2024 – Oct. 26, 2025 With more than 436 objects ranging from historical artifacts to contemporary artworks by 19 artists from 10 different countries, the exhibition Under the spell of GOLD explores the duality of this metal: how it both connects and dazzles, and how it both admires and divides. […]

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‘A gigantic inverted human humerus of bronze towers above a concrete pedestal, a sculptural fragment and synecdoche of the artist’s own body’ – Ego Vivo in ARTE magazine

Very grateful for the publication in the Italian ARTE magazine about the Ego Vivo / Self-Portrait 25, shown here during my solo exhibition Inner Voice. I loaned the work to the FundaciΓ³ Numa Espais de Cultura for the next 3 years. “CIUTADELLA DE MENORCA. A gigantic inverted human upper arm bone of bronze towers above […]

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Collectors edition of EVENBEELD

In honor of EVENBEELD (NL) / LIKENESS (EN) / REFLETS (FR) / REFLEJOS (SP), my book that offers an ambitious overview of my oeuvre over the past 25 years, I created Likeness / Self-Portrait 53 – The Collector’s Edition.

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25 years of oeuvre, four chapters, one book: EVENBEELD

Together with very talented people, we tried to capture 25 years of my artistic practice in one book. Four chapters, four languages, many carefully chosen words and more than 230 images later, here is π—˜π—©π—˜π—‘π—•π—˜π—˜π—Ÿπ—— / π—Ÿπ—œπ—žπ—˜π—‘π—˜π—¦π—¦ / π—₯π—˜π—™π—Ÿπ—˜π—§π—¦ / π—₯π—˜π—™π—Ÿπ—˜π—π—’π—¦. Once again many thanks to nai010 publishers, writers Frits Scholten, Joke de Wolf, Jan […]

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