Works

Miami 2024

The Veil

The Veil, 2024
Acrylic on wood panel
40 x 30 inch

The Knot

The Knot, 2024
Acrylic on wood panel
40 x 30 inch

The space between

The Space Between, 2024
Acrylic on wood panel
40 x 30 inch

The Veil, The Knot & The Space Between.

Inspired by the shapes of the South-Florida landscape and the colours of Miami Deco, Bosschaart returns to his artistic language of visual ‘nothings’ after a yearlong hiatus and exploration of new ideas. In the new series, the artist explores the use of negative space and brightly coloured backgrounds in an effort to expand on his practice.

Where ‘The Knot’ places it’s subject directly in the middle and presents us with intangible shapes that weave in and out of itself almost getting stuck in the process, ‘The Veil’ presents us with shapes that are reminiscent of coral reefs & banyan trees, and draws the viewer into the canvas by putting the focus on the empty yellow background instead, and ‘The Space Between’ attempts to balance the two in a visual dance that moves back and forth between the two shapes.

First shown during Miami Art Week 2024, the works will once again be on view in the first months of 2025.

Dirt

To null.

What started out as an experiment in mark making, turned into an extensive and ongoing art series, exploring entropic principles and the desire of materials such as steel and copper to return to a state of equilibrium with its surroundings.

For the series, the artist takes these raw materials and, by a chemical process, imprints their decay onto canvas while at the same time superimposing form and structure unto them. In this, he finds a way to collaborate with nature, on the one hand letting it roam free and wild, while on the other hand, reining it in and putting his own stamp on the process. The resulting works lend a tenderness to materials that are otherwise experienced as lifeless and cold.

Triptych in hoek

Triptych 3

Dirt twins 2

Dirtduo1

Dirt no.3

Dirt twin 1

Dirtduo3

Dirt hoek

Dirtonthewallportrait

Dirtduo2

Dots, Spots & Particles

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Obviously a self portrait, 2022
Acrylic on wood panel
90 x 60 cm

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Lotte, 2022
Acrylic on wood panel
90 x 60 cm

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Aya, 2022
Acrylic on wood panel
120 x 90 cm

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Thekla, 2022
Acrylic on wood panel
90 x 60 cm

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Daphne, 2022
Acrylic on wood panel
120 x 90 cm

Untitled//Unfinished 2022

In the untitled dots series, the artist takes the explosive world of visuals and distills them into a space whose depth cannot be determined, colours cannot be extricated, and forms continually rearrange when out of eye sight.

Bosschaart’s work is highly influenced by ideas of physical sciences. The observer effect, quantum theory, and relativism. This marriage of science has historically worked in tandem. The study of colour was an early venture taken by both artist and scientist, a category which used to intersect through vigorous experimentation. This new series brings about the sense of wonder into the mysteries and deceptions of the chromatic world. The colours seem to breathe and bounce, and slip through the shared dimensions on the picture plane. This arresting visual show leaves the viewer both soothed, in the form of cosmic awe, but continual searching for the color which pops into focus and out again.

The pieces themselves were created with mandala-like concentration. Slowly building them up over months of time in a process that involves an active practice of experimentation. The control and acceptance of chaos echoes through the piece.

Works on paper & wood.

No. 15, 2021
Acrylic on wood panel
50 x 34 cm

No. 12, 2021
Acrylic and oil on paper
100 x 70 cm

Since 2018, when Bosschaart first took pen to paper and started creating dot works, the artist has outputted a large variety of different works all exploring the depths of form, colour & material. This series is now for sale as a limited edition of prints.