top of page

ON VIEW

Adam de Boer
Edge City

October 17 – November 23, 2024

Plato is thrilled to present Edge City, Adam de Boer’s first solo exhibition in New York. The practice of the LA-based artist has been informed by his Dutch-Indonesian roots. For over a decade, he has explored the wax-resist fabric dyeing technique of batik to connect to his cultural forebears. De Boer draws elaborate imagery on linen with melted beeswax poured through a metal device called a canting, applies acrylic washes to unaffected areas and then boils out the wax, sometimes repeating the process over and over to achieve the desired effect. More recently, he has been combining batik with Western oil painting, challenging the dichotomy of fine art and craft, and attempting to reconcile and celebrate his own hybrid identity.

Pruned Palm crop small.jpg

Adam de Boer

Pruned Palm, 2024

batik and oil paint on linen

triptych, each panel 72 x 36 x 1½ in.
overall 72 x 108 x 1½ in.

Runyon Canyon Culture copy.jpg

Adam de Boer

Pruned Palm, 2024

batik and oil paint on linen

triptych, each panel 72 x 36 x 1½ in.
overall 72 x 108 x 1½ in.

Glenoaks Canyon Parrots.jpg

Adam de Boer

Glenoaks Canyon Parrots, 2024

batik and oil paint on linen

diptych, ​each panel 40 x 60 x 1½ in.

Dollywood Solstice.jpg

Adam de Boer
Dollywood Solstice, 2024
batik and oil paint on linen
64 x 32 x 11⁄2 in.

Oceanwide Plaza.jpg

Adam de Boer

Springtime Storm at Oceanwide Plaza, 2024
batik and oil paint on linen
64 x 32 x 11⁄2 in.

The Grand LA (Coyotes) crop small.jpg

Adam de Boer

The Grand LA (Conrad Hotel with Coyotes), 2024

batik and oil paint on linen

40 x 60 x 1½ in.

Devereux (1).jpg

Adam de Boer

Devereux Beach (for H.P.) 2024

batik and oil paint on linen

40 x 60 x 1½ in.

The Garden (1) (1).jpg

Adam de Boer

The Garden, 2024

batik and oil paint on linen

48 x 36 x 1½ in.

Silverlake Pigeons (1).jpg

Adam de Boer
Pigeons in Silverlake, 2024
batik and oil paint on linen
32 x 64 x 11⁄2 in.

Santa Ana Skies Over T-Street copy.jpg

Adam de Boer

Santa Ana Skies over T-Street, 2024

batik and oil paint on linen

36 x 48 x 1½ in.

Redlands in Wintertime copy.jpg

Adam de Boer

Redlands in Wintertime (for J.O.), 2024
batik and oil paint on linen
30 x 40 x 11⁄2 in.

Adam de Boer, Alcazar View Crop.jpg

Adam de Boer
Alcazar View at Dusk, 2024
batik and oil paint on linen
30 x 40 x 11⁄2 in.

Cross Spider copy.jpg

Adam de Boer
Cross Spider on Angelus, 2024
batik and oil paint on linen
30 x 30 x 11⁄2 in.

bottom of page