(Vaassen, Netherlands, 1957- )
Lives and works in The Hague, Netherlands
Though he trained early in his career in classic academic
approaches to painting, Akkerman then went on to study under conceptual
artists Jan Dibbets and Stanley Brouwn in Amstserdam. Since 1981,
Akkerman has painted only self-portraits, having declared that "I
paint myself, and so I paint the whole of mankind." Having undertaken
this singular project, Akkerman is free to explore the infinite variations
of a single individual (himself), and through such exploration discovers
something universal about all identities. |
