Umweltfarben (traktorreifen)

Tractor tyre, tree leaves, adhesive ø180 x 50 cm2024 Umweltfarben translates into something closest to ‘environmental colours’. This piece was created during the 14th edition of If Paradise Is Half As Nice, hosted in an abandoned school building in the...

IPIHAN #14 at Wartenburg, Germany

If Paradise Is Half As Nice #14  in Wartenburg, Germany   From August 18 to September 23, I participated in IPIHAN #14, held in an abandoned school in the village of Wartenburg. The presentation took place over the weekend of September 21, during which I...

On the bright side

A wall sculpture that came to existence during the process of working on my solo exhibition “Ich wunder mich” at the Kunstverein Eisenturm Mainz in October 2024.  The main work for that show was based on a small experience I had during a warm summer day in...

A little concrete safety

This little edition was made for the If Paradise Is Half As Nice project. It is based on a bigger sculpture I made during edition #13 in Norway, for which I covered 3 fire extinguishers in concrete.  Edition of 30 + 2 A.P. year: 2023material: Concrete, plaster,...

What are the odds

A pile of stone looking cubes at the top of a mountain in Salangen, Norway. ‘What are the odds’ consists of a pile of wooden cubes, pretending to be made of different kind of stones. Following the tradition of many people who make piles of stones at the top of...

Physical fittings for a mental view

A nondescript game, consisting of 35 numbered, concrete cubes, spread out over the area of the ruins of an iron factory at Salangsverket Norway. During If Paradise Is Half As Nice #13, which took place at the Salangen Biennale II, this work was one of my contributions...

Measures for a long life

A sculptural work made during If Paradise Is Half As Nice #13, which took place at the Salangen Biennale II. The work was made after noticing the extreme measurements that were needed in order for us to work in the abandoned factory at Salangsverket. The work...

Reading a poem to a landscape

A video work in which I read a famous Dutch poem to a Norwegian landscape. During If Paradise Is Half As Nice #13, at the Salangen Biennale II in Norway, I made this video. The work displays me, reading a famous Dutch poem called ‘Herinnering aan Holland’ (Remembrance...

Means to play (In dust things meet)

From the website of Kiosk24: The installation Means To Play by artist Ties Ten Bosch is set up in the exhibition space and invites visitors to a poetic view of seemingly familiar things. “Means To Play” is thus the 5th work in the series “In Dust Things Meet” by Ties...