Childhood Scenes

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Werk in opdracht.

Een bijzonder kado. Wat te geven bij een jubileum, een bruiloft, of een ander bijzonder feest? Wat te geven aan iemand die alles al heeft? En wat te doen met al die archiefkasten vol met oude dia's of fotoboeken van vakanties, verjaardagsfeestjes en familie-uitjes? 
Wie gaat er nu nog dia's projecteren tegenwoordig, maar zomaar al dat beeldmateriaal weggooien zou betekenen dat er een familiegeschiedenis verloren gaat en dat is natuurlijk eeuwig zonde.

Toen mijn ouders hun zolder opruimden en mij zo'n 10 diadozen overhandigden heb ik de meest bijzondere beelden uitgekozen om er kleine aquarellen van te maken die ik vervolgens gedigitaliseerd heb en gebundeld in een boekje.
Het boekje bleek het ideale kado om de 75e verjaardag van mijn moeder mee op te luisteren en was zo'n schot in de roos dat ik iets dergelijks ook voor derden zou willen doen.

Het voorbeeld betreft een hard-cover boekje van 24 pagina's van formaat 20 x 20 cm in een oplage van 1, met een geschreven opdracht en potloodtekeningen met aquarel en gouache.

Uiteraard zijn er in een opdrachtsituatie allerlei varianten mogelijk, bijvoorbeeld meerdere exemplaren van het boekje, of alleen een aquarel, of juist meerdere aquarellen als een reeks kunstwerkjes die samen het verhaal vertellen van een persoonlijke geschiedenis.
Alles kan, in onderling overleg en afstemming van het beschikbare budget.
Voor meer informatie: karinbos@xs4all.nl

Enkele pagina's uitgelicht:

Pagina 2

Pagina 3

Pagina 5

Pagina6

Pagina7

Pagina 10

Pagina 15

Pagina 17

Pagina 18

English version:

Commission work

A special gift. What to give at an anniversary, a wedding, or another special party? What to give to someone who has everything? And what to do with all those file cabinets full of old slides and photographs of vacations, birthday parties and family outings?
Who would still project slides nowadays, but just throw away all that footage would mean that a family history is lost and that would be a shame.

When my parents cleaned their attic they handed me around 10 boxes full of slides. I selected the most extraordinary images to create small watercolors which I then digitized and bundled in a booklet.
The book turned out to be the ideal gift to the 75th birthday of my mother and was such a hit that I would like to do something similar also for third parties.

The example concerns a hard-cover booklet of 24 pages of format 20 x 20 cm in an edition of 1, with a written order and pencil drawings with watercolour. Obviously there are multiple variations possible in a commission situation, for example, multiple copies of the booklet, or only a watercolor, or multiple watercolors as a series of art which together tell the story of a personal history.
Everything is possible, in mutual consultation and coordination of the available budget.

For more information: karinbos@xs4all.nl

De twee originele gouaches op papier, 66 x 102 cm, 2013 getiteld Childhood scenes 1 en 2 zijn te zien geweest in Museum het Domein in Sittard en zijn beschikbaar in mijn atelier.
The two original gouaches on paper, titled Childhood scenes 1 and 2 have been on view at Museum Het Domein in Sittard (NL) and are currently available at my artist studio.

Karin Bos, Childhood scenes 1, gouache on paper, 66 x 102 cm, 2013, incl. frame 80 x 110 cm

Karin Bos, Childhood scenes 2, gouache on papier, 66 x 102 cm, 2013, incl. frame 80 x 110 cm

Artists' books

One of my sidekicks are artists' books. Here are some examples:

Artists' books by Karin Bos

This untitled book (signed Karin Bos)  I made in 1990.

It is on view at Grafisch Atelier Den Bosch, where I participate in the Artists' Books exhibition 2013.

The variable composition of the pages is related to the series of oil paintings I worked on in 1990 and 1991.

Karin Bos, oil on canvas, 105 x 105 cm, 1990

Karin Bos, oil on canvas, 105 x 105 cm, 1990

Above are two examples of the oil paintings series the book was inspired by. The paintings were part of my first solo show in a Amsterdam Gallery: Gallery A'pert which was located at the Prinsengracht in 1991.

This little artists book dates from 1991, "Karin Bos pathologist dissects death for you" consists of transparant pages showing skeletons. It's based on a sketchbook full of little pencil drawings of skeletons I made during that period.

Karin Bos, Michelin, screenprint, 2002. This little book I made at the Frans Masereel Center in Belgium. It is screenprinted randomly on a roadmap. This book is also on view at the Grafisch Atelier Den Bosch show.

Artists' books by Karin Bos, presented at the Book Fair for Small Publishers at Paradiso in Amsterdam in 2009.

In 2009 I published the catalogue Karin Bos, A trip to the Countryside. 
ISBN/EAN 978-90-9023798-5

Karin Bos, Roadmap, edition of 5, made at Frans Masereel Center in Belgium, handcoloured screenprint on paper, 2002 

Expedition Nature is the title of this multiple/print which dates from 2018. It is an edition of 50 commissioned by CODA Museum Apeldoorn. I screenprinted it personally at AGA Lab Amsterdam. All 50 are unique due to the handcolouring; it's gouache, ink, screenprint on paper, sized 30 x 40 cm.

My prints, multiples and books are often related to my paintings, work on paper and installations. Two of my artist books are part of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam collection.
Even when I was a little child I loved to make books and thanks to my mother I still have some of these examples in my artists' studio. During my years at the Amsterdam Academy of Fine Arts I used second hand books as underlayers to create artists' books. Next to these I also have lots of sketch books in which a make notes and draw, they are my archives of ideas and a source of inspiration. 

Karin Bos, book with watercolors, edition of 1, 2013

Karin Bos, handcoloured screenprint celebrating the publishing of the catalogue 'Karin Bos, A Trip to the Countryside' because of my 20th anniversary as an artist in 2009.

Back and front of the catalogue.

Presentation catalogue and solo show at Meneer de Wit in Amsterdam in 2009.

Upcoming: new catalogue Karin Bos, in cooperation with Museo CAB.
Release date Feb 2020. 
Ojos extraños - Expedición Naturaleza (Strange eyes - Expedition Nature) is the title of a solo show by Karin Bos in Museum CAB in Burgos in Spain. This extensive overview of her works inspired by her travels through Spain will be on view from 7 February until 24 May 2020. The presentation consists of paintings, work on paper, installations, video and photography on the entire upper floor of the museum. There will be a accompanying catalogue published. 

Karin Bos, several postcards A6 sized. This one is the oil painting Lost 2, 70 x 100, 2014. 

Affiche Expedition Nature show at CODA museum.