


[Nederlandse versie] Jaap de Ruig is a Dutch artist living in Amsterdam. He makes
video installations, shorts etc. In 2009 he completed his first creative documentary
The Source -
Jaap de Ruig is represented by Maria Chailloux in Amsterdam, RAM in Rotterdam
and Khiasma in Paris.
This site is a virtual museum. Visitors can wander the halls.
A fragment from shorts and installations can be seen. The sidewalls are clickable
too. Texts on the work of Jaap de Ruig and a cv can be found in the library. For
information about sales, screenings and commissioned work see shop.
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Book preview: EEN DIER / EEN MENS
Jaap de Ruig: "Video and film make use of the existing reality in order to create
a new reality which investigates the existing one. Anything can be recorded: suffering,
death, the struggle between man and nature and between individuals. Especially in
my early work animal behavior played an important role as a metaphor for human life.
In 2007 I made a series of life-