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Martine Johanna
Dark Matter


A positive dialogue in swirling colour masses

We are excited to present Martine Johanna’s first solo exhibition at KochxBos Gallery, Dark Matter. 

 
“When I started working, large, threatening, abstract shapes of darkness appeared. As a child I once made friends with the shadows in my room, and today, in a similar manner, I enter a relationship with all aspects of myself that I find unpleasant. These forms create a positive dialogue, with the introspective (child) woman and her experiences, in swirling colour masses.”
- Martine Johanna

More information and artworks
 


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KunstRai

Look here for an overview of our KunstRai collection

April 4 - 8th: Claire Partington, Ray Caesar, Zoé Byland and Meryl Donoghue

 
We are extremely proud to present our artists in an exhibition that brings together four master visual storytellers in the center of the KunstRAI. 

Claire Partington built a name for herself world wide with big, historical ceramic figures that sure comment on our time. Meryl Donoghue contributes to the exhibition with life-sized photographic works: dark literary tales with an open ending. We're launching an exclusive collection of brand new works by Ray Caesar, master of the delicate suspense and last but not least we're presenting new works by Zoé Byland, monochromatic paintings in an atmosphere of film noir, mixed with pop culture and science fiction icons.
 
Welcome! Please mail to gallery@kochxbos.com for tickets.
 
 

Vier visuele verhalenvertellers staan tijdens onze expositie tijdens de KunstRAI centraal.
 
Allereerst Claire Partington, die de afgelopen jaren in London furore maakte. Met haar imposante keramieken beelden geeft ze trefzeker commentaar op onze samenleving in deze tijd. Meryl Donoghue is een oude bekende, haar levensgrote fotowerken zijn als duistere sprookjes met een open eind. We presenteren een aantal nieuwe werken van Ray Ceasar, meester van de fijnzinnige suspense. Voor de KunstRai heeft hij speciaal een werk voor ons gemaakt. En als laatste Zoé Byland, monochromatische schilderijen in de sfeer van film noir, gemixed met pop- en science fiction iconen. Welkom!

Mail naar gallery@kochxbos.com als u toegangskaarten wilt ontvangen. Tot ziens!
 

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Zoé Byland
Parallel

 

 

Look here for more info about Zoé.

King of the Forest, 2017
150x200 cm, acrylic on canvas

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Review Creative Boom

Wanna have creative inspiration in Amsterdam?
Check out this blog, we're at number 4 :-)

"There are many big art museums in Amsterdam (and we’ll get to those in a second), but if you’re interested in contemporary art then you’ll also want to check out some of the hipper independent galleries. And you don’t get much cooler than KochxBos.  
Although it’s a tiny place, you can feel the spirit of cutting-edge art flow through you as you peruse some pretty amazing artwork."

Tom May for Creative Boom

www.creativeboom.com
 

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SOON

Agenda
Jed Martin - Travail Humain II

Opening June 30

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Dadara
Open your mind - So we can use your data


Order your book here www.dadarabook.com

The ultimate Dadara book: this beautifully crafted hardcover edition by Dadara and KochxBos Publishers is a record of his full body of work.

From the Dadababy speakers, to the massive installations during the Burning Man Festival in Nevada, USA to Greyman Statue of No Liberty.
Hence this astonishing book, which is a truly collaborative creation. It took a full year to select the best work and the wildest ideas, resulting in this career-spanning retrospective. We are very grateful that Elizabeth Scarborough and Gert van Veen contributed with their aticles to this book. This body of work is a wonderful overview of Dadara’s art through the years and a small glimpse into the mind of its creator.

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Ciou 

The Inner Land #01

 

This exhibition we did celebrate our ten-year collaboration with Ciou!
Ciou has created a phenomenally large work, beautiful three-dimensional ‘Magical Menagerie’ and many more in the world famous Ciou kawaii style. The exhibition has almost been sold out, look here for the last available paintings:

more artwork by ciou

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Ray Caesar 

The Ray Caesar exhibition was a great event and succes. we had a record number of visitors and a lot of press attention.
For available art and information, please click here.

 

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Our books

Hard cover books, full vibrant colours and every book has a très cool transparent art sticker sheet.
We can offer you books by Sauerkids, Sarah Maple, Bethany de Forest and Ciou for the price of 35,- euro. Look at the 5 star reviews or order directly here!

 



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Jed Martin
Travail Humain

In April 2016 KochxBos Gallery and Artistes Associés Jed Martin presented the first show of French artist Jed Martin (Le Raincy, 1975). 

“The artist Jed Martin now showed us God descended among men."
  ★★★★★ Art Forum

 


Affiche Jed Martin, 2016

The general public first hears of him when Michel Houellebecq picks Martin’s life as subject for his novel The Map and the Territory (La Carte et Le Territoire - 2010, Flammarion).
 

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Sarah Maple
Handcrafted Silkscreens

Fighting Fire with Fire no.2. Limited Edition of 40, handcrafted and signed by Sarah with red paint. Each work is numbered. Size width 50 cm height 65 cm on Hahnemüller paper, 395,- euro. Buy here please.

 

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Your Life poster

Don’t be afraid be nice to people don’t believe in gods give good answers try to just understand as much as you can from what is happening around you love art, music, literature, movies and comedies. Your life.

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Roos van der Vliet

Storytellers; life-like paintings by Roos van der Vliet. For more paintings and an interview with Roos, please click here.




Roos working on Storyteller VII

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Gallery Hours

Dark Matter exhibition
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Monday June 17  11:00 - 18:00
Tuesday June 18 11:00 - 18:00

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Media

SARAH MAPLE
- Solo documentary on VPRO TV view here
- Artist Replaces Topless Newspaper Ads With Kickass Feminist Imagery, read all about it in the Huffington Post
- French / German ARTE TV view here
- BBC TV News Item view here

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CIOU ON VPRO
In this six-part TV series Sarah Meuleman visits six international artists whose work provoke, challenge and stimulate the definition of art daring to stretch. Sarah is a guest in their studios and at home. Documentary here
 

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Sarah Maple
Power to the People?

#PowerToThePeople? #KeepOneShareOne


Latest news & pictures on Instagram kochxbos and facebook.com/kochxbos.gallery.amsterdam

We invite you to take part in a radical get together where you can share your positivity and revolutionary ideas in collaboration with Sarah Maple.

The gallery will become an inclusive space for debate, creation and interaction between you, your friends and the artist in residence. Bring along your good vibes and wildest ideas.

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Sarah worked two weeks in our gallery, the space turned into a bustling meeting place where many people got together and shared their (revolutionary) ideas.


Through the theme of “Power to the people?” we encouraged interaction between the artist and the visitors, spontaneous creativity, and lively debates that will hopefully lead to a new, positive art movement which we will all be a part of.  

The various themes of the exhibition we were censorship and freedom of expression (‘Read my lips', 'Your opinion is wrong’), the question of nationalism vs. the refugee crisis  (‘Go Home’ and ‘England's Glory’) as well as sexism and misogyny (‘Do not be a Dick with your Dick’).


Article in Parool newspaper (Dutch)


Beginning February 1st, the exhibition started developing through works of art created on a daily basis. In addition to producing new work, artists such as  Pipsqueakwashere, Bethany de Forest and Roos van der Vliet were open to collaboration. Resulting in a huge street art wall, portraits and paintings. Interviews and discussions were held and our gallery space welcomed a many visitors’ ideas from all over the world. 

Positive art movement - how? We need you!

-  Sarah will be available Monday through Saturday from 12:00 to 16:00  (gallery is open until 18:00 excl. Sundays). Come and join us, share inspirations, ideas and thoughts. 

- Keep One, Share One: There were (and still are) several posters, buttons and stickers available. Take two—one for yourself and one to post on the street, or give away to a friend or a stranger.

- Every day Sarah created political postcards and window-statements in response to a current news item, which will be exposed in the gallery and be posted online. 


  

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