Jan Bokma

beeldhouwen

I see life as a collection of processes where one material transforms into another. The idea is that you can see the true face of life if you look at it purely from matter. As an ongoing process of life and death where individuality is of secondary importance. I use the expressive power of materials to emphasize the materiality of objects. Think of gravity to express mass or color and shine of a material to express substance with. The works together form a space, a process.

My starting point is two-fold. On the one hand, the sculptures and installations act from a more philosophical approach to materialism. In this, reality, including emotions and other processes in the human brain, can ultimately be traced to matter. The sculptures are also intended as a criticism of a materialistic society where economic values are dominant. Rectangular shapes represent a far-reaching rationality and function as frameworks for more amorphous and organic forms.


Voltooid leven (Completed life) - Sculpture, 2022, multiplex, fiberglass, resin, filling materials
Voltooid leven ( completed life) - Sculpture, 2022, multiplex, glassfibre, resin, filling materials
Industry of circles 2-4 - Sculpture, 2022, veneer, fiberglass, carbonfibre, resin, filling materials
Industry of circles 2-4 - Sculpture, 2022, veneer, fiberglass, carbonfibre, resin, filling materials
Immortality - Sculpture, 2020, veneer, resin, fiberglass, multiplex
Immortality - Sculpture, 2020, veneer, resin, fibreglass, multiplex
Industry of circles 1-4 - Sculpture, 2020, veneer, resin, fibreglass, miltiplex, marble, wood
Industry of circles, - Sculpture, 2020, veneer, resin, glassfibre, multiplex, marble, wood
Light for cows - Installation, 2019, dimensions variable, polyester, silicon rubber, synthetic soft foam, ready mades, concrete, steel, hay
Light for Cows - Installation, 2019, dimensions variable, polyester, silicon rubber, synthetic soft foam, ready mades, concrete, steel, hay