Carl De Keyzer
Artist statement
For Moments Before the Flood, Carl De Keyzer
aims to travel for seven months in Europe, going
around the coastline from England, Iceland
to Poland and Scandinavia, aiming only to
capture landscapes and water. An occasional
human presence might also occur. His images
contain a certain uneasiness that could be
interpreted as a sign of upcoming catastrophe:
if some predictions come true, the world’s water
level could rise 3–5 metres, which would have
devastating effects on the European coastline.
It’s also an attempt (possibly fictitious) to
preserve, for the last time, the beauty of
this coastline. As always in Carl De Keyzer’s
work, there is a link with the history of
painting. This time it is the Dutch marine
landscapes that caught his attention.