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Kasper Bosmans ‘Model Garden’

Gladstone Gallery Brussels

19 November 16 - 21 January 17

“The objects can adapt to the circumstances that develop around them. I believe beauty allows me to refer to content rather than explain it. It might last longer that way.” — Kasper Bosmans

Gladstone Gallery is pleased to present Model Garden, the gallery’s first exhibition of works by Kasper Bosmans. In a suite of new paintings and objects, the artist presents a distinct visual language through graphic appropriation and the deployment of historical, political, and artistic signs. Bosmans works as a careful gatherer of material culled from cultural memories (folk art, heraldry, maps, legends, alphabets and symbols) that were once common and close to home in his native Belgium.

Research into pictorial codes acts as a point of departure as Bosmans systematically transposes acquired knowledge into Legends, small-scale paintings in which encyclopedic and mythological anecdotes coexist in stylized forms. Through these recognizable symbols painted in bold forms and with stark lines, the viewer is invited to “read” the paintings–as opposed to “view”– as one would a map.

Formal elements and ideologies intrinsic to the studied phenomena open up a realm of meaning that both surpasses and celebrates their original functions. Every thread of investigation is incorporated into Bosman’s unique visual language and further translated into paintings and sculptural ensembles.

Kasper Bosmans (b. 1990) lives and works in Brussels and Amsterdam. Recent exhibitions include: Decorations at Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam; Specimen Days, S.M.A.K., Ghent (2016); Loot, Soil, and Cleanliness, CIAP, Hasselt (2016); Motif (Oil and Silver), Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles (2016); Yesterday was different with Marthe Ramm Fortun, KOMPLOT, Brussels (2015); Des hôtes: a foreigner, a human, an unexpected visitor, Spring Workshop, Hong Kong (2015); Little Cherry Virus, P/////akt, Amsterdam (2015); Un-Scene III, Wiels, Brussels (2015); Het kanaal – le canal, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp & Espace 251 Nord, Liège (2014); Coming People, S.M.A.K., Ghent (2014).

 

Gladstone Gallery (press release)

 

Kasper Bosmans 'Model Garden', 2016 November 19, 2016 – January, 2017 Installation view : Gladstone Gallery, Brussels Copyright Kasper Bosmans Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Model Garden’, 2016
November 19, 2016 – January, 2017 Installation view : Gladstone Gallery, Brussels
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Pillars of Hercules II - Ceuta & Gibraltar', 2016 Housepaint, recuperated wooden gallery pedestals Installation Dimensions: 24 7/8 x 36 1/4 x 61 7/8 inches (63 x 92 x 157 cm). Top pedestal: 40 3/4 x 12 5/8 x 1/4 (103,5 x 32 x 24,5 cm) Bottom pedestal: 11 1/2 x 36 1/4 x 27 1/2 (29 x 92 x 70 cm) Signed on the bottom of each wooden block Copyright Kasper Bosmans Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Pillars of Hercules II – Ceuta & Gibraltar’, 2016
Housepaint, recuperated wooden gallery pedestals
Installation Dimensions: 24 7/8 x 36 1/4 x 61 7/8 inches (63 x 92 x 157 cm). Top pedestal: 40 3/4 x 12 5/8 x 1/4 (103,5 x 32 x 24,5 cm)
Bottom pedestal: 11 1/2 x 36 1/4 x 27 1/2 (29 x 92 x 70 cm). Signed on the bottom of each wooden block
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Marsh Tincture', 2016, detail Orris concrete structure in printed glass bottle, silver leaf, metal pedestal Installation Dimensions: 50 7/8 x 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (129 x 30 x 25 cm) Pedestal: 45 3/8 x 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 (115 x 30 x 25 cm) Bottle: 5 1/2 x Ø 2 3/4 inches (14 x Ø 7 cm) Copyright Kasper Bosmans Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Marsh Tincture’, 2016, detail
Orris concrete structure in printed glass bottle, silver leaf, metal pedestal
Installation Dimensions: 50 7/8 x 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (129 x 30 x 25 cm). Pedestal: 45 3/8 x 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 (115 x 30 x 25 cm). Bottle: 5 1/2 x Ø 2 3/4 inches (14 x Ø 7 cm)
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Model Garden', 2016 November 19, 2016 – January, 2017 Installation view : Gladstone Gallery, Brussels Copyright Kasper Bosmans Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Model Garden’, 2016
November 19, 2016 – January, 2017, Installation view : Gladstone Gallery, Brussels
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Iris Pseudacorus (Yellow Flag)', 2016 Organic silk dyed with Kurkuma and Chelidonium, wood, metal wire, silkscreen ink Installation Dimensions: 121 1/4 x 102 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches (308 x 260 x 3.5 cm). Flag: 118 1/8 x 102 3/8 x 1/4 inches (300 x 260 x 0,5 cm) Wooden bar: 118 1/8 x 1 1/2 (300 x 3,5 cm) Copyright Kasper Bosmans Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Iris Pseudacorus (Yellow Flag)’, 2016
Organic silk dyed with Kurkuma and Chelidonium, wood, metal wire, silkscreen ink
Installation Dimensions: 121 1/4 x 102 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches (308 x 260 x 3.5 cm). Flag: 118 1/8 x 102 3/8 x 1/4 inches (300 x 260 x 0,5 cm). Wooden bar: 118 1/8 x 1 1/2 (300 x 3,5 cm)
Copyright Kasper Bosmans Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Model Garden', 2016 November 19, 2016 – January, 2017, Installation view : Gladstone Gallery, Brussels Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Model Garden’, 2016
November 19, 2016 – January, 2017, Installation view : Gladstone Gallery, Brussels
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Cow + Krampus', 2016 Bell purchased on Krampusimperium.at, synthetic string. Bell: Ø 5 cm Copyright Kasper Bosmans Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Cow + Krampus’, 2016
Bell purchased on Krampusimperium.at, synthetic string. Bell: Ø 5 cm
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Legend: Model Garden', 2016 Gouache and silver point on popular panel. 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28 x 21 cm) each Signed on the verso Copyright Kasper Bosmans Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Legend: Model Garden’, 2016
Gouache and silver point on popular panel. 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28 x 21 cm) each. Signed on the verso
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Model Garden', 2016 November 19, 2016 – January, 2017, Installation view : Gladstone Gallery, Brussels Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Model Garden’, 2016
November 19, 2016 – January, 2017, Installation view : Gladstone Gallery, Brussels
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Legend: Model Garden', 2016, details. Gouache and silver point on popular panel 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28 x 21 cm) each Signed on the verso Copyright Kasper Bosmans Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Legend: Model Garden’, 2016, details.
Gouache and silver point on popular panel. 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28 x 21 cm) each. Signed on the verso
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Legend: Model Garden', 2016, details. Gouache and silver point on popular panel. 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28 x 21 cm) each. Signed on the verso Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Legend: Model Garden’, 2016, details.
Gouache and silver point on popular panel. 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28 x 21 cm) each. Signed on the verso
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Legend: Model Garden', 2016, details. Gouache and silver point on popular panel. 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28 x 21 cm) each. Signed on the verso Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Legend: Model Garden’, 2016, details.
Gouache and silver point on popular panel. 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28 x 21 cm) each. Signed on the verso
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Model Garden', 2016 November 19, 2016 – January, 2017, Installation view : Gladstone Gallery, Brussels Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Model Garden’, 2016
November 19, 2016 – January, 2017, Installation view : Gladstone Gallery, Brussels
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Fire Hazard', 2016, detail Hay bales and crystal ball Installation dimensions: 34 5/8 x 47 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches (88 x 120 x 80 cm) Crystal ball: Ø 7 1/2 inches (Ø 19 cm) Hay blocs: 17 3/8 x 23 5/8 x 15 3/4 inches (44 x 60 x 40 cm) each Copyright Kasper Bosmans Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Fire Hazard’, 2016, detail
Hay bales and crystal ball. Installation dimensions: 34 5/8 x 47 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches (88 x 120 x 80 cm). Crystal ball: Ø 7 1/2 inches (Ø 19 cm). Hay blocs: 17 3/8 x 23 5/8 x 15 3/4 inches (44 x 60 x 40 cm) each
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Model Garden', 2016 November 19, 2016 – January, 2017, Installation view : Gladstone Gallery, Brussels Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Model Garden’, 2016
November 19, 2016 – January, 2017, Installation view : Gladstone Gallery, Brussels
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans 'Decorative Vocabulary I', 2016 Gouache and silver point on popular panel. Dimensions: 250 x 119 x 2 cm. Signed on the verso Copyright Kasper Bosmans Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Photo: Philippe de Gobert
Kasper Bosmans ‘Decorative Vocabulary I’, 2016
Gouache and silver point on popular panel. Dimensions: 250 x 119 x 2 cm. Signed on the verso.
Copyright Kasper Bosmans. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Philippe de Gobert

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