Scraps triptych

A triptych of wall pieces made out of framed scraps of brick.

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a wall piece made out of asbestosa wall piece made out of asbestos

Asbestos II

Four pieces of asbestos mounted directly on the wall. Together they make a ode to painters like Piet Mondriaan and Bart van der Leck, a sort of archeology in the collective art memory.

If paradise is half as nice 2: the project

‘If paradise is half as nice’ is a project initiated by Pim Palsgraaf and Daan Botlek. This year me, Willem Besselink and Braam Braam had the honour to be part of the second edition of the event that takes place in an abandoned factory in Leipzig.

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If paradise is half as nice 2 : ‘Asbestos I’

‘Asbestos I’ is a work that came to existence during the ‘As paradise is half as nice’ project in Leipzig.

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If paradise is half as nice 2 : ‘Out of the white cube (Remains/Stolen footage)’

‘Out of the white cube (Remains/Stolen footage)’ is a series of work that came to existence during the ‘As paradise is half as nice’ project in Leipzig. The works are a follow up of previous works that I have made and have the same subtitle.

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Because it’s written

‘Because it’s written’ is a show I’ve put together for the South Explorer Festival in Charlois at the Wolfart Projectspaces. The show presents works by eleven artists that use text in their visual art works on a regular basis.

With: Niels Post, Daan den Houter, Jack Segbars, Joanneke Meester, Jeroen Bosch, Joshua Thies, Sebastiaan Schlicher, Reinaart Vanhoe, Silvia Bakker, Jeroen Jongeleen en Ties Ten Bosch Continue Reading →

Studio visits

Recently I started to invite people into my studio to talk about my work in order to get reactions from people in the field. Until now I had curators, gallery owners, colleagues and friends in my studio and got a lot of feedback. Continue Reading →

ᏝᎯᎯᎱ LδδT டசசஎ LλλT LAAT

Together with Joshua Thies I started to host Wolfart/LAAT. Not only will we start programming Wolfart Projectspaces together, but we started a new cultural hangout together called ᏝᎯᎯᎱ LδδT டசசஎ LλλT LAAT. Continue Reading →

Hosting ‘De Derde Dinsdag’

In January I had the honor of hosting ‘De Derde Disdag’, a monthly talk show about the cultural activities in Rotterdam. This short documentary is made by Marieke van der Lippe and ‘De Derde Dinsdag’ is an initiative by a group of cultural institutes in Rotterdam.

quote from Guus Vreeburg on my work:

“OOK TIES TEN BOSCH MET EEN ELEGANT-MAAR-SNOEIHARD COMMENTAAR OP DE WERELD-VAN-KUNSTENAARS-ONDERLING; WERK DAT HIJ MAAKTE UIT AFVALSCRAPS DIE HIJ ALS KUNSTENAAR-BOUWPLOEGWERKER VERZAMELDE TIJDENS HET INRICHTEN VAN TENTOONSTELLINGEN VAN WDW-KUNSTENAARS…”

Wake up in Art 2013

Wake up in Art is an initiative that makes it possible for people to sleep in an artists studio during the period that the Art Rotterdam fair takes place.

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Re:Rotterdam 2013

From 6 till 10 february the Re:Rotterdam art fair took place. A fair for small galleries and individual artists.  My personal booth showed the series of works under the name ‘Remains/Stolen footage’

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