Kasper Bosmans ‘Specimen Days’ object Several of the drawings in

Several of the drawings in this publication first appeared in sketch- or notebooks

besides 2 recent

smears and stains

They show how in the Western tradition beauty was defined by the sublime

Kasper Bosmans ‘Specimen Days’ object Several of the drawings inKasper Bosmans (b. 1990) dives deeply into the rich cultural history of materials, objects, traditions and customs. The references in his work betray a broad spectrum of sources, from folkloristic stories and cultural practices to historic research on painterly techniques or botanical cross breeding. In most cases he focuses intuitively on specific, sometimes fragile, sometimes playful facts and stories that are close to ordinary life but which,