Bart Ramakers ‘The Keys of the Kingdom’ photograph on Diasec, edition 5/5, 21st century

‘The Key of the Kingdom' photograph on Diasec by Bart Ramakers.

Last copy No. 5/5, only 5 copies were produced in this format!

In perfect condition.

Available with or without antique-style gold stucco frame (on request).

Worldwide delivery (on request).

The Keys of the Kingdom:

In the silent heart of the former Michiels clockmaker's workshop in Mechelen, clocks and dials whisper of hours gone by and minutes forgotten. In the centre, Félicien Rops' Lady with Pig advances majestically. On her halter is not a pig, but Saint Peter, the gatekeeper, the keeper of the heavenly keys. His authority has been wrested from him - his keys now rest in his free hand, an unequivocal transfer of power and submission. The roles are reversed: the protector is guided, the guardian is watched over - it is the femme fatale who will decide when the time has come.

Bart Ramakers - Mythologies for a new world.

Belgian photographer and director Bart Ramakers has been creating narrative and visually powerful works since 2009, inspired by mythology, classical painting and contemporary issues. His photographs, staged like living tableaux, revisit founding narratives - religious, ancient or cultural - to inject them with contemporary issues: gender, power, ecology, freedom, consumerism.

Trained in drawing and history, Ramakers first worked in communications before devoting himself entirely to visual art. He works with a team of stylists, models, sculptors and make-up artists, constructing a universe that blends irony, beauty and social criticism.

His notable projects include Revelations (2018), The Bride Unveiled (2021) and Flora and the Water Warriors, in collaboration with William Sweetlove. His work also includes videos and installations.

Exhibited at numerous festivals and galleries in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands, Bart Ramakers offers a spectacular and engaging reinterpretation of our visual culture. Through his creations, he invents new mythologies: poetic, provocative, and deeply human.