Sybren Renema is drawn to the obscure corners of all forms of human discourse, with a particular liking for art, history, geographical exploration and the natural sciences. These different fascinations are often combined in the same work, highlighting a predilection for unconventional forms of knowledge-production as well as a sense of the absurd and the […]
Sybren Renema’s work originates from his various academic interests, which cover subjects including geosciences, history, theology and music. He is also very attracted to intellectual or physical failure. Past projects have interrogated the legacy of Goethe and his pseudo-scientific Farbenlehre, the drug use of the English Romantic poets, the polar expeditions of Scott and Shackleton, […]
In 2015, Dürst Britt & Mayhew took part in the Unseen Amsterdam Photo Fair, where the gallery exhibited work by Lennart Lahuis, Alexandre Lavet, Pieter Paul Pothoven and Sybren Renema. Reviews and features NRC Handelsblad by Sandra Smallenburg Mister Motley by Lieneke Hulshof Collector Daily by Loring Knoblauch Trendbeheer by Johan Nieuwenhuize