Bossert, Herman
Education: teacher training.
Profession/occupation: French teacher.
Art form/medium: ink and watercolour drawings, paste-ups.
Start artwork: since 2001, age 61.
Relevant info: employes a semi-automatic scratching technique using ink and watercolour associatively.
Exhibitions: INSITA 2010, Bratislava. / 2009 Backyard Genius, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium.
References: Reith, Liesbeth; Bouwwerken als kaartenhuizen; Visioenen van Herman Bossert, in: Out of Art, jg 2, nr 2, 2007.
Herman Bossert is a Dutch self taught artist until in 2001 he discovered that by drawing he could immediately express the essence of what occupied him most: fear of the future. Since, he has been creating haunting and mysterious town and city scenes, often with cathedral and church like structures dominating the composition. People take refuge in pompous urban constructions, the overwhelming architecture seemingly depriving them of their freedom, their creativity and their opportunities to play.
The structures can “fall down at any moment, like a house of cards”. Bossert is reticent about his work. Since 2003, he has exclusively employed a semi-automatic scratching technique using ink and watercolor associatively, unaware of the outcome. Sometimes after as little as twenty minutes, he is exhausted and stops, surprised by what he has drawn.
Herman Bossert1940 Amsterdam, The Netherlands -
