All means to new ideas @HS4
These four drawings are part of a much bigger series. The first ones came about while I was sketching for an earlier work, Some Other Memory (2019). They were quick, loose ideas—just part of the process back then.
A while later, I came across some of those early sketches again. That moment kicked off a new chain of work, which eventually became For What It’s Worth.
“Ich wunder mich” at Kunstverein Eistenturm, Mainz
A nice evening at EisenturmOn Friday, October 11th, I was thrilled to open my latest exhibition, Ich wunder mich, at Kunstverein Eisenturm in Mainz. The evening began with introductions by Petra Schippers, president of the Kunstverein, and art historian Miriam...
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 quaint village...
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...
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...
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...
All my thoughts on a square meter
Three square meters of wall, removed plaster, pencil, white paint. A work made on location, reflecting on the history of an old artist’s studio represented by a wall. Three square meters: one square where the top layer of plaster has been carefully removed, one square...
Pavilion
A site specific work made during If Paradise Is Half As Nice #10 in Rotterdam. The annual IPIHAN project took place this year on an extensive abandoned deserted concrete slab (betonplaat) in Rotterdam.Compared to the indoor derelict industrial buildings of former...
Every history tells a different story
A site specific work at ZQM, Berlin. A 50 cm high stripe sanded all around the room, revealing the history of all exhibitions and their wall colours of the past, completed with several white panels. year: 2018