Ties Ten Bosch is a conceptual artist using layers of advertisement posters from the urban environment as a core material for his current projects. These posters are recreated into the ideological and sculptural matter, embodying social comments with a pleasant humorous tone.
A uniting characteristic of the “skins of Berlin” series is combining a poster piece with a monochrome work into a single diptych. The artistic consolidation of these two very different aesthetical presences unravels an engaging orbit of visual experiences and metaphors. The inherent contrasts between the materials, their origin and the expectations related to their hierarchy in the art world are melting through the careful collusion of their colors and shapes. It is as if these two characters, so different in nature, have achieved a secret agreement that enchants each of them through the presence of the other.
On top of this optical surface, the “skins of Berlin” diptychs immerses you in the space of meaning – often constructed through delicately humorous anecdotes deriving from the text and images, displayed on the posters’ surface, the intentional manipulation of these and the correlation of the artist’s interventions with the title of his works. This perceptive and playful approach sounds best when one feels the frail balance achieved between the aesthetics and the concept – morphing into a series of artworks where the head, heart, and hand recognize each other as vital actors with a shared mission.
Radoslav Mehandzhiyski, curator