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Born 1951. Known for: Painting, sculpture conceptual art; themes of relationship of words and text.
Willem Boshoff’s interest in language, text and meaning is a fundamental aspect of his work. Boshoff’s works are a manifestation of his extensive efforts to uncover obscure words, obsolete languages,... Read full biography
Willem Boshoff’s interest in language, text and meaning is a fundamental aspect of his work. Boshoff’s works are a manifestation of his extensive efforts to uncover obscure words, obsolete languages, and/or study the relationship of newly recognized South African languages with their... Read full biography
Willem Boshoff’s interest in language, text and meaning is a fundamental aspect of his work. Boshoff’s works are a manifestation of his extensive efforts to uncover obscure words, obsolete languages, and/or study the relationship of newly recognized South African languages with their European-tinged counterparts. His works often mimic the form and function of dictionaries and explores the play between the verbal and the visual. Boshoff’s works are imbued with layers of symbolic meaning and... Read full biography
Willem Boshoff’s interest in language, text and meaning is a fundamental aspect of his work. Boshoff’s works are a manifestation of his extensive efforts to uncover obscure words, obsolete languages, and/or study the relationship of newly recognized South African languages with their European-tinged counterparts. His works often mimic the form and function of dictionaries and explores the play between the verbal and the visual. Boshoff’s works are imbued with layers of symbolic meaning and often require the spectator’s interaction. The design of BIFIDITY is based on an older, smaller sculpture that formed part of the “Blind Alphabet Project” in 1993. That original piece was made small enough so that it could be picked up and easily handled... Read full biography
Willem Boshoff’s interest in language, text and meaning is a fundamental aspect of his work. Boshoff’s works are a manifestation of his extensive efforts to uncover obscure words, obsolete languages, and/or study the relationship of newly recognized South African languages with their European-tinged counterparts. His works often mimic the form and function of dictionaries and explores the play between the verbal and the visual. Boshoff’s works are imbued with layers of symbolic meaning and often require the spectator’s interaction. The design of BIFIDITY is based on an older, smaller sculpture that formed part of the “Blind Alphabet Project” in 1993. That original piece was made small enough so that it could be picked up and easily handled by a blind person. The original sculpture of 1993 consisted only of one piece of wood, cleft into two. The wood... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Painting, Fine Art
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Subject
- •Non Objective Subject