Jens Bommezij - Air Lift zeefdruk 1989- - Sold

Beautiful and colorful work by Jens Bommezij. Can be picked up incl. frame in Utrecht. When shipped without a frame, packaged in a sturdy tube.
In the 1970s he enlisted in the Royal Navy. A boy from Bergen aan Zee, who dreamed of traveling far. But the tough men's world of the navy was not for Jens Bommezij (1956-2021). He became a poet and visual artist. Nature, in particular the sea, was an important source of inspiration. In 2019, Bommezij was diagnosed with PSMA, a rare and very serious muscle disease. In the last two years of his life he was portrayed by photographer and neighbor Koos Breukel. The two knew each other because Bommezij's Amsterdam studio was adjacent to Breukel's studio. The exhibition Ode to an Amsterdammer #2: Jens in the Dutch National Portrait Gallery, which was curated by Koos Breukel, Marc Labadie and Harm Mozes, pays tribute to Bommezij, who died last year. Earlier, in 2017, a similar tribute was paid in the Scheepvaartmuseum under the name Ode to an Amsterdammer to the mayor Eberhard van der Laan, who died in that year. (source: Het Parool 16 Feb. 2022)