SHIPPING EARLY NOVEMBER

“During my career as a dancer by Het Nationale Ballet in Amsterdam, I had the opportunity to work with Toer and take part in his dance creations.  So I didn’t hesitate for a second when many years later, I got this chance to discover his other talents. It all made Toer even more of the perfect subject for a new series. For the last six months I have been seeing Toer regularly at his atelier in Amsterdam, to observe and document him working. At the age of 88, he is still creating new artworks every day.” – Susan Zadeh

Toer is a portrait series of Toer van Schayk (born 1936), a Dutch painter, sculptor, choreographer, dancer, scenic and costume designer, at his atelier in Amsterdam: a study of an artist at work by another artist.

Persian by ancestry and birth, Zadeh moved to France as a child, and then to Holland as a teenager. She has lived in Amsterdam ever since. Originally trained as a classical dancer, after a 12-year career at the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam she turned to photography and publishing. Zadeh became well-known as a champion of outsider artists through her seminal art magazine Eyemazing, which ran from 2002 to 2013 and which received a coveted Lucie Award. Since then, she has concentrated on her own work as an artist.

Limited to 500 numbered copies, each book includes a 5x7 inch original print that has been signed by the artist.