abstraction in motion

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

‘Nieuwe Leden 24’ – Pulchri Studio – The Hague

Opening 21 December 3 pm by Sebastiaan Spit
21 December – 18 January

The 23 artists who joined Pulchri in 2024 will present their work in a joint exhibition. This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to become acquainted with the latest members of Pulchri Studio and to admire their works of art.

Address:
Pulchri Studio
Lange Voorhout 15
2514 EA Den Haag

Open: Tuesday – Sunday 12h00-17h00

About Ablaze II & Sunrise – Sunset:
In February 2024, I spent a working period in Kong Lor, a small community in the heart of Laos. Every day I made colored pencil drawings, an attempt to capture the essence of life there. The colors of the landscape, the earth itself, the intense light and the simplicity of existence touched me deeply. Back in the Netherlands I felt the urge to further investigate these impressions and translate them into a series of new works.

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‘Winter Salon 24’ – Arti et Amicitiae – Amsterdam

29 November – 5 January

At the end of the year, the Amsterdam artists’ association Arti et Amicitiae holds the members’ exhibition The Salon. More than 200 member artists show their recent work in the Salon. Be surprised by the versatility and individuality of the works.

One of my latest paintings: Notions of Space VII will be on show in this exhibition, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 80 cm, 2024.

About Notion of Space:
In June of this year I started a series of paintings that I called ‘Notions of Space’. This as research into the horizon as a symbolic and visual phenomenon. The horizon, as the dividing line between sky and earth, represents both a boundary and an invitation to the unknown. I wanted to capture the infinite and elusive of the horizon in a visual work to think about the vastness of space. The vibrating dots and center line of contrasting color depict a dialogue with endlessness, transforming the experience of time and space.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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