Treasure hunting in my studio: U Roer Ladet

My studio will get renovated soon, and I'm starting to dig in my stock room. It is fun to do, because I find unexpected pieces. For instance here's from my graduation show in 1989 the etching U Roer Ladet. 

Inspiration for this piece were instructions in old Dutch for soldiers how to load their weapons: 1. U roer ladet, 2. Op u pan polver doet, 3. U pan afblaast, 4. Schiet.

In the early nineties I've made a lot of etchings, a technique I'm not practicing anymore at the moment. I remember the endless preparation of the etching plates at the academy, the grinding, polishing, it was an exercise in patience.

Karin Bos, U roer ladet, etching, 70 x 90 cm, 1989

Here's a threesome I've made in 1989, the edition is one, size inclusive passpartout is 70 x 90 cm.

A couple of years later, in 1996 when I was working on a series of gouache on paper, the theme came back resulting in this piece of 30 x 30 cm:

Karin Bos, U roer ladet, gouache and pencil on paper, 30 x 30 cm, 1996

No Pasaran

Karin Bos, No Pasaran (Collection AMC Amsterdam)

Karin Bos, No Pasaran, charcoal and watercolor on paper, 190 x 150 cm, 2008, Collection AMC Amsterdam.

Solo show A Trip to the Countryside by Karin Bos at AMC on view until March 2 2010.

Reviewed by Ronald Ockhuijsen in Parool on February 16 and by Janneke Wesseling in AMC magazine.