hans bossmann

a street art project i.c.w. local residents and colleague and fellow neighbour Brigit Daamen that takes place on the street in the Van Zeggelenbuurt, Haarlem. Because there are no official public artworks in the neighbourhood and it is nice if more people in the neighbourhood get to know and appreciate each other

we organise walk-in workshops on the street where, together with passers-by, we upcycle 2nd-hand porcelain figurines with paint, felt or other materials. For each finished figurine, we find a nice exhibition spot somewhere on the street and leave it there. What happens to it then is left to chance

you can follow the project through our Facebook group

client Foundation Squares, Dots + Lines

supported by Culture Stimulation Fund Municipality of Haarlem, Turquoise Foundation

drawing dialogues in Amsterdam, Haarlem and Antwerp as a result of my open call on social media. Rain washed away the drawings

collaboration with Simone de Groot, Klaartje Dullemond, Liesje van den Berk, Jan-Willem Doornenbal, Angela Jarms, Brigit Daamen + Luca, Gulsum Ozgul, ArtTelex, Griet Verschueren, Roelie de Jaeger, Karin de Vylder, Lies van Assche, Tine Godts en Vivianne Cammers

the residents of the Spaarnrijkstraat in Haarlem are invited to come up with ideas for an urban art event in their own street. After a programme of workshops, brainstorming sessions and excursions, they execute all the plans together on October 7 as a tribute to artist PINK de Thierry (1943-2023). She was born in the Spaarnrijkstraat and in 1983 she performed the project "Video Sketchbook": she lived with her husband and child for 12 days in 12 houses in the Spaarnrijkstraat. In collaboration with Marion van der Vegt (Rebup)

following the urban art project with the residents, Hans Bossmann made the short film: 'Video Sketchbook'. English translation under construction

client Squares, Dots + Lines Foundation

collaboration with Rebup Foundation (Marion van der Vegt) and BaO Foundation (Donald Louw)

supported by Fund for Cultural Participation, Culture Fund, J.C. Ruigrok foundation, Culture Stimulation Fund Municipality of Haarlem, Turquoise Foundation, Rebup,
Squares Dots + Lines

special thanks to Frans Hals Museum Haarlem, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Verhalenhuis Haarlem, residents of the Spaarnrijkstraat Haarlem

Op Dreef Met Zocher is an urban art project in which young people actively relate to the works of art on and around the Dreef in Haarlem. By working with art, culture and nature, young people learn to look differently at their surroundings. This allows them to take more active ownership of their own environment. By creating urban art in their own environment, the street becomes more of the young people themselves

the youth participated in workshops on theory and exercises in urban art, designing a painting for birdhouses. Workshops on art and language resulted in handwritten letters (with crown pen and ink) to the artists who made the sculptures on the Dreef. Everything culminated in the installation of the birdhouses-artworks on the Dreef and in the Haarlemmer Hout. There they remained all summer.

the exhibition at De Kloostergangen, Grote Markt 2, Haarlem featured not only portraits of the young artists but also their works. Urban art experiments on location, painted birdhouses and collages on display by Lindsey Reijsoo, Kiyan Sadigh Azadi, Aleksandr Sidorenko , Candy Donkor, Caitlynn Edouard, Jaiden Edouard, Barosa Khalaj Hedayati, Madelief Stoevelaar, Danisha Toensi, Ivanna Buniak, Gracia Bosman, Ayman Dahaoui & Walid El Sayed, Whitney De Leon Roa, Roel Ebbinge, Hans Bossmann, Marion van der Vegt

artists of artist society KZOD connect with young people with their work: Eveline JJ, Maria Niessen, Rosa Navarro, Mark Thatcher, Connie Vlasveld

client Squares, Dots + Lines Foundation

collaboration with Marion van der Vegt Rebup Foundation

supported by Fund for Cultural Participation, Culture Fund, J.C. Ruigrok foundation, Culture Stimulation Fund Municipality of Haarlem, Rebup, Squares Dots + Lines

photo's by Roel Ebbinge and Hans Bossmann

exhibition of work created with the public from 2013-2023. In ten years, a collection has evolved of which a small part is shown here.

some new co-creation projects have been started with visitors, Artspace Arttelex, Oude Beurs 39, Antwerp, Belgium

Drawings of young pupils from CC ter Dilft, Bornem (BE) have digitally been merged by the teachers, into a large coloring page. Volunteers and visitors to the Odensehuis in Haarlem colored and framed it. Unveiling by councilor Marie-Thérèse Meijs on February 27, 2019.

Art project Red Jacket (Cultuurcentrum ter Dilft, Bornem) invited Hans Bossmann for two days to act as a guest artist. Hans laid stones from the parking lot on all the windowsills in the village of Hingene on 14-10-2016. Since then he has repeated it on the same day every year.
14 October 2026 (the 10th time), a short film about the project will be shown at the Hingene Community House.

In 1HOURartshows, artists themselves show a work of art to the public and passers-by. Artists recite their own work during one hour, act as the plinth of their work so to speak: artist and work become one
 
1HOURartshows Arnhem are organised to create or intensify links between the ruru huis/ Sonsbeeka16_transACTION, socio-cultural institutions and participating artists: “Make friends, not art”

Six one-hour exhibitions at six different locations. Thirty plus artists participated after a open call, amongst others: vGtO, R. Nahawandi, M. Bosch, blondfabric-madebysoek, M. Hamwi,  E. Bossmann, C. van Lammeren, leden Ruangrupa, M. van der Worm, A. Arts, G. Rets, J. Jouwsma, E. Veldkamp

Spring and autumn

Photos by M. Alshahrour, R. Vanhoe, H. Bossmann,
E. Gonzales

Drawing club with (ex) refugees from Iran and Syria. In “relay drawing” the participants pass on their drawing to the person next to them, who then continues the drawing. Drawing doesn't require one to understand each other's language

WonderkamersHaarlem, Haarlem

In 1HOURartshows, artists themselves show a work of art to the public and passers-by. Artists recite their own work during one hour, act as the plinth of their work so to speak: artist and work become one

The reasons for organizing this 1HOURartshows:
1.   To link professional artists and their work in various genres and styles within an accessible exhibition concept

2.   To experiment with the boundaries of “indoor art” within the public space

3.   To create goodwill for the work of artists in general and artists' society De Vishal in particular
 
Five friday-one-hour exhibitions from 4 to 5 PM at Grote Markt, Haarlem

Participants: K. Dullemond, E. Toorenent, S. Ojaghi, W. Faber, N. Willie, S. Blickman, Mobra, R. Jongeling, S. De Groot, I.Meijs, Ambro, blondfabric-MadeBySoek, H.Bossmann

May and June

Photos by M. Haringa, F. van der Erf

The Dutch slogan “Jan Lul Goed Spul” has a somewhat negative yet humorous connotation, along the lines of ‘Danny Dork Quality Work’ or ‘Billy Bore Exciting Store’

Taking the opposite situation as a starting point is a common way of finding solutions. Which name has such a negative association that any passer-by will remember it? Car repair shop ‘Total Loss’, liquor store ‘Free Delirium incl.’, butcher shop ‘The Dog Butcher’. Pub ‘Free Beer Tomorrow’. It's not difficult to evoke negative connotations that are funny as well. The small business owner is afraid of getting a bad reputation, but any form of attention is profitable. Bad advertising is good advertising

Vehicle lettering on delivery van

The Netherlands

Spring, summer 2008

The Travelling Exhibition For 1Person is a group exhibition featuring works by 10-15 visual artists/ designers. The exhibition is not open to the public but can be staged in its entirety in a private home or room. Hosted every two months at another private address in the Netherlands or Belgium

Concept and organization: H.Bossmann.
Participants among others: Wasco, M. Ebinger, U. Metzler, L. Bedaux, M. Van der Worm, J. Jongeleen, R. Engelen, Silvia B., R. Vanhoe, J. Bey, P. Spaans, T. Schepens

Client: Stichting Stilte! Amsterdam

Photos: the images photographed from the catalog