abstraction in motion

Visual artist Michael Bom (Cape Town, South Africa) living and working in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Circle in Circle – Est Art Foundation – Leiden

11 August – 15 September. Opening 11 August 3 pm – 5 pm by Meta Knol.

Participating artists are Pedro Boese (Berlin), Michael Bom (Rotterdam), Lily de Bont (Rotterdam), Sanne Bruggink (Amsterdam), René Eicke (Utrecht), Doris marten (Berlin), Karl Karlas (Leiden), Mathias Krissmer (Freiburg), Zaida Oenema (Den Haag), Tonneke Sengers (Haarlem), Pietertje van Splunter (The Hague), Karin Rianne Westendorp (Rotterdam).

About the exhibition
The stone in the pond. With the realization that when you throw a stone into the water a circle is created, and a circle around it again and again until the effect becomes invisible to us, but is there, we believe that visual art with beauty comforts and can bring positivity. Especially in the current times. Even small ripples have an effect. Starting a wave movement, that’s what we’re trying to do. EST was founded with the aim of showing concrete art and perpetuating and expanding the discourse. The circle from which a new circle is created.

The artists chosen for this exhibition all work with circles for their own reasons. Circle within circle can refer to circularity, to nature and circular wave movement. This exhibition is more about the expanding circle as opposed to the inner circle.

Address:
Est Art Foundation
Papegaaisbolwerk 20
2312 LW Leiden
Times: Fri, Sat, Sun 1-5 pm

Thank you CBK Rotterdam very much for your support.

Radio Brutus – a transmission experiment by Petsq & friends

I was interviewed for Radio Brutus by Petteri on Saturday 20th July about my artistic practice, background and screen printing. Here is the link to the interview on Youtube. I also exhibited 3 works made with screen printing and painting combined.

Radio Brutus is a pop-up radio station that will broadcast live from Thursday 18th July until Sunday 21st of July. The transmission features aspiring creators and enthusiasts of various backgrounds, and the space features an exhibition with screen prints from Mesh Print Club members. Auditive experiments will range from ambient listening sessions to live music, from open decks to artist interviews, from structure to chaos. Radio Brutus is a snapshot of how Rotterdam sounds and feels in the summer of 2024.

The Movement – at G126 – Rotterdam

An exhibition with work by Michael Bom Michael Bom makes optical kinetic installations, screen prints and paintings. His works arise from shapes, rhythms and movements that he observes in nature and are reduced to the essential. “It is not a representation of nature that I am trying to achieve, but an energy and force that I feel and is part of our subconscious.” This exhibition features two works in which color and movement predominate. With this minimal representation of overlapping dots he invites the viewer to an active and to play a dynamic role in experiencing the work.

Address:
G126
Gerard Scholtenstraat 126
3035 ST Rotterdam

The work can be seen from the street 24/7.