This painting by Willem Boronski presents a dynamic interplay of fragmentation and construction, with a staircase-like structure at its core. Black and red lines suggest movement and transition, while the rough texture and collage techniques create a layered depth. The staircase appears to be forming and disintegrating simultaneously, evoking tension—is this a path upward, a fall, or an unfinished structure? The red accents heighten the drama and introduce an element of disruption. The composition reflects Boronski’s themes of growth, control, and uncertainty, challenging the viewer to interpret the transition depicted in the work.

Willem Boronski Gallery

Broken Steps, Silent Echoes

Drowned in Yesterday’s News"

This artwork consists of a series of black-and-white images in an expressive, sketch-like style, created as frames for the stop-motion film "On the Road to Tarascon." Central to the piece is the metaphor of a ladder, with abstract figures struggling with it from various perspectives and poses. The bold lines emphasize effort and the struggle for progress. Through its fragmented and repetitive composition, the work evokes existential themes such as the ongoing attempt to overcome obstacles and ascend higher.

Carry the Sky, Catch the Earth

In Darkness on the Edges of Words, Willem Boronski uses pages from books, selectively obscuring text with ink and paint to explore fragmentation, fading meaning, and emerging interpretations. The black-and-white aesthetic reinforces themes of alienation and mystery, emphasizing language's fragility. Through visual erasure and dynamic video, Boronski challenges viewers to uncover hidden layers and reconsider the transient nature of words and memory.

Darkness on the Edges of Words (edition 10/10)

The painting consists of layered paint and paper, creating a textured, tangible surface. The rough texture enhances depth, reinforcing the impression of an organic world where the woman is situated. The underlying structures resemble a landscape in which her face emerges from the material.

This layering suggests transformation and reconstruction, where the image forms gradually. The black and red lines traversing the face appear both absorbed into and floating above the material, creating movement and interaction between layers. This highlights the depth of the work and suggests the woman is both ensnared and connected within this network of lines and textures.

The white misty environment, shaped by layered paper and paint, gives the image a dreamy, ethereal atmosphere. It implies her presence is not fixed but in continuous transformation, aligning with your themes of fragmentation, connection, and imagination uncovering hidden structures within chaos.

The Lady and the Net of Light

Falling Up the Broken Staircase by Willem Boronski is a dynamic abstract painting that conveys movement and fragmentation. The composition is filled with bold black lines that intersect and overlap, creating a sense of energy and instability. Bright primary colours—red, blue, and yellow—stand against a predominantly white background, while textured layers add depth and complexity. The circular shapes and angular forms appear in motion, reinforcing the paradox the title suggests. The painting evokes struggle, transformation, and the tension between ascent and collapse.

Falling Up the Broken Staircase

*Footsteps on the Ladder of Time* by Willem Boronski is a textured abstract composition that explores themes of ascent, memory, and transformation. A fragmented ladder structure, painted in earthy ochres and deep reds, emerges from the layered white surface, symbolizing a precarious journey through time. The interplay of swirling black lines, geometric shapes, and ghostly human-like forms suggests an ephemeral presence—traces of past movements lingering within an evolving, unstable reality.

Footsteps on the Ladder of Time

This drawing by Willem Boronski on brown paper with water-soluble graphite captures a moment of movement and resistance. The lines suggest a bicycle in motion, facing obstacles that must be overcome. The interplay between wet and dry graphite creates tension—some forms seem to dissolve, while others hold firm. Blue and rust-brown accents enhance the sense of struggle against opposing forces. The brown background adds an earthy, almost timeless quality. The bicycle symbolizes progress but also the challenge of adaptation and perseverance. This aligns with Boronski’s transition, fragmentation, and reconstruction themes, inviting the viewer to create their own narrative about movement and resistance.

Roll With It

I've travelled a long road of despair

I saw the flowers come and go

a man of contradictions,

I contain multitudes

I'm going to Bally-na-Lee

Willem Boronski’s painting combines Vincent van Gogh’s The Painter on the Road to Tarascon (1888) with Bob Dylan’s Tangled up in Blue (1975), evoking themes of loneliness and melancholy. The artwork portrays a solitary figure walking along a desolate path, immersed in shades of blue, symbolizing sadness and reflection. The rough, sketch-like texture and ghostly figure create a dreamlike atmosphere, echoing the emotional complexity in Dylan's song.  The painting blends isolation, introspection, and beauty, capturing both the solitary journey of the artist and the melancholic undertones of Dylan’s narrative.

On the Road to Tarascon tangled up in blue

"She is Buying a Stairway to Heaven", created with acrylic and charcoal, presents an ethereal, airy composition where a fragile, layered staircase emerges. Like traces in the sky, the charcoal remnants reinforce the sense of transience and transition. The red accents subtly contrast with the icy background, suggesting the ascent is a delicate, almost elusive pursuit.

She is Buying a Stairway to Heaven

I want to ride my bicycle, c'mon, bicycle 6

Hey bicycle 7

Gather for the feast

Tiffany-twisted got the Mercedes bends

Bicycle race bicycle race bicycle race 5

**I Want to Ride My Bike** is a sketch from Willem Boronski’s *Brown Paper Series*, focusing on movement and resistance. The contours of a bicycle intertwine with abstract forms and lines, merging recognition and fragmentation. Spokes and circles suggest wheels, while blue and red accents add tension. A metal beam with bolts seems to interrupt the dynamic flow—an obstacle or a stabilizing element? The hand shape raises questions: is it reaching for the bike, pushing away, or symbolizing control? The rough, sketch-like technique with water-soluble graphite and pigment enhances the sense of transition and uncertainty. The title suggests freedom and desire, yet the ride is not guaranteed—this drawing explores the tension between progress and disruption, a recurring theme in Boronski’s work.

I want to ride my bike 2

This sketch from Willem Boronski’s Brown Paper Series explores movement and fragmentation. A figure appears entangled with a bicycle, with lines creating tension between control and chaos. The face and body contours merge with the wheels and spokes, as if the rider and vehicle become one in the struggle of motion. The mix of dry and wet graphite, with red and blue accents, enhances the dynamic feel. Red adds intensity, while blue suggests shadow and volume. The raw, fleeting quality captures an ongoing battle between progress and resistance. Boronski’s themes of transition and fragmentation are evident, leaving the viewer to interpret whether this is a moment of control, struggle, or the endless cycle of striving and failing.

Bicycle races are coming your way 4

I carry four pistols and two large knives

The Charioteer’s Journey

white

yellow

orange

purple

dark blue

green

light blue

brown

black

Acrylic

Aquatint

Canvas

Chalk

Charcoal

Clay

Concrete

Embroidery

Graphite

Gold

Mixed Media

Metal

Oil Paint

Paper

Pastels

Pencil

Pigment

Resin

Tempera

Textile

Watercolor

Collage

Other

Film

Digital

Ceramic

Wire

Wood

Yarn

Stone

Porcelain

Marble

Glass

Plastic

Design

Drawing

Engraving

Etching

Linocut

Lithography

Painting

Prints

Screen Print

Text

Work on paper

Photography

3D Print

Performance

Sculpture

Landscape

Portrait

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I’ve Travelled A Long Road Of Despair

The Flowers Are Dyin’ Like All Things Do

The Princes Kept The View

fleet-footed guides from the underworld

Can't remember when I was born And I forgot when I died

In ‘Multitudes: Layers of Reflection’, Willem Boronski guides us through a journey of emotions, ideas, and societal themes that define his work. At the heart of this retrospective is exploring the different 'realities' we navigate daily, symbolized by the staircase — a potent and recurring motif in Boronski’s oeuvre, representing the connection between worlds and realities.  
The staircase symbolises growth, reflection, and the tension between movement and stagnation and connects worlds and realities. From his early paintings to recent sketches and works, this exhibition showcases how Boronski’s use of layering and techniques invites the viewer to look beyond the surface. In this context, the staircase serves as a guiding thread, a metaphor for the personal and collective pursuit of understanding, empathy, and transformation, with the viewer as an active participant in this journey.  
An essential aspect of Boronski’s work is his creative process, evident in the traces of char

Multitudes; Layers of Reflection

Aspire and build