Ria Bosman (1956, Beveren-Waas) is fascinated by colour and matter. Her abstract oeuvre encompasses a wide range of works, including sketchbooks and workbooks, works on paper, textile and object paintings, and monumental leather and textile structures. Her practice moves at the intersection of textile and painting, with a clear emphasis on the latter. A constant in her work is the systematic exploration of the effects of colour: on form, on other colours, on different materials, and on the surrounding space.

OVERWEGINGEN is a publication by Posture Editions presenting around 75 works on paper. The drawings are like thought exercises, contemplative shifts, enigmatic rustlings, inner monologues, hesitant gestures, whispers across colour fields, rhythmic movements in the artist’s studio.

Some works serve as preparations for her monumental fabrics, others are simply solfège for the mind. All works in the book were made between 2020 and 2025 with acrylic paint on sketchpads from an international retail chain. The humble drawing paper reflects the artist’s unpretentiousness.

Marieke De Maré, winner of the Confituur Bookstores Prize for her recent novel Ik ga naar de schapen, has written a short story especially for this book, inspired by the drawing series.

The book is published by Posture Editions, with the support of Be-Part and with thanks to Tatjana Pieters.