Will Thurman

Biography

Bằng cách phân định lai tạp nhân vật — sinh vật có phần người, phần động vật, phần vật thể — tranh vẽ của Will Thurman phản ánh một trạng thái tồn tại mất phương hướng; vô số cốt truyện khiến rất khó để phân biệt đâu là lối ra. Thurman đưa chúng ta nhào lộn qua một vũ trụ song song không hoàn toàn khác biệt với vũ trụ của chúng ta, nơi hài hước pha trộn với sự thâm tịch ảm đạm và tàn bạo.

 

Những lớp toan vẽ của anh chứa tranh trong tranh — mise en abyme thu hút sự chú ý đến vô số góc nhìn mà qua đó một câu chuyện duy nhất có thể được kể — và kể lại, và kể lại. Thurman tỉ mỉ trong cách thể hiện; đối với người nghệ sĩ vẽ tranh là lao động có kỷ luật, nề nếp. Tuy nhiên, bất chấp sự kiểm soát như vậy với việc thực hành của bản thân, các tác phẩm nghệ thuật của anh ấy vẫn mang đến một sự tự do kỳ lạ: đặt bản thân vào những khung cảnh của anh ấy, điều hướng bối cảnh rối ren và can thiệp vào diễn biến của chúng.

 

Will Thurman (sinh năm 1989, New York) được đào tạo học thuật tại Đại học Wisconsin-Madison ở Mỹ. Sau khi hoàn thành chương trình học vào năm 2009, anh chuyển đến Việt Nam và làm phóng viên cho một tờ báo pháp luật địa phương, đôi khi nhận nhiệm vụ ở Campuchia. Anh ấy cũng là tay đấm bốc bán chuyên nghiệp. Thurman đã sống ở nhiều vùng miền của Việt Nam và thích vùng nông thôn hơn. Anh hiện đang sống và làm việc tại Tallinn, Estonia.

Works
  • Will Thurman, Knowing how to play, 2022
    Knowing how to play, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Lessons in abstraction from a friday afternoon detention (Education) tv:, 2022
    Lessons in abstraction from a friday afternoon detention (Education) tv:, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Culture Thieves and Mythmaking, 2022
    Culture Thieves and Mythmaking, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Prizefight from Downunder, 2022
    Prizefight from Downunder, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Speeding car on CA-HW1 cascades into concrete barrier, and Hippopotamus unknowingly wades in front of waterfall., 2022
    Speeding car on CA-HW1 cascades into concrete barrier, and Hippopotamus unknowingly wades in front of waterfall., 2022
  • Will Thurman, The Elusiveness of Freedom, 2022
    The Elusiveness of Freedom, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Arriving on Fate, 2022
    Arriving on Fate, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Clearly Stated, 2022
    Clearly Stated, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Big Black Cats, 2022
    Big Black Cats, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Overexertion can be counterproductive, 2022
    Overexertion can be counterproductive, 2022
  • Will Thurman, The __ variety of penguin is __ meters in height, 2022
    The __ variety of penguin is __ meters in height, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Caught’a Case of the Blues, 2022
    Caught’a Case of the Blues, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Dirty, dirty rain, 2022
    Dirty, dirty rain, 2022
  • Will Thurman, A Fine Pair, 2022
    A Fine Pair, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Left-handedness, 2022
    Left-handedness, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Nighttime, 2022
    Nighttime, 2022
  • Will Thurman, X-mas in the Tropics’, 2022
    X-mas in the Tropics’, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Pickup basketball in Miami and in Âm-ê-ríc-ă they drive police trucks on the beach, 2022
    Pickup basketball in Miami and in Âm-ê-ríc-ă they drive police trucks on the beach, 2022
  • Will Thurman, Ox without an oxcart, 2022
    Ox without an oxcart, 2022
  • Will Thurman, songs that stick, 2021
    songs that stick, 2021
  • Will Thurman, The crisp, hard, sweet-sour fate of the Vagrant (5/5), 2021
    The crisp, hard, sweet-sour fate of the Vagrant (5/5), 2021
  • Will Thurman, The crisp, hard, sweet-sour fate of the Vagrant (2/5), 2021
    The crisp, hard, sweet-sour fate of the Vagrant (2/5), 2021
  • Will Thurman, The crisp, hard, sweet-sour fate of the Vagrant (1/5), 2021
    The crisp, hard, sweet-sour fate of the Vagrant (1/5), 2021
  • Will Thurman, Grey Skies, 2021
    Grey Skies, 2021
  • Will Thurman, Bluek Seas, 2021
    Bluek Seas, 2021
  • Will Thurman, Off into the forbidden rubber forest, 2021
    Off into the forbidden rubber forest, 2021
  • Will Thurman, Red leather, Warthogs, and Wandering Monks past Midnight, 2021
    Red leather, Warthogs, and Wandering Monks past Midnight, 2021
  • Will Thurman, To Fancy, 2021
    To Fancy, 2021
  • Will Thurman, First it was about God.Then it was about Money., 2021
    First it was about God.Then it was about Money., 2021
  • Will Thurman, The Association of Wild Rabid Animals, 2021
    The Association of Wild Rabid Animals, 2021
  • Will Thurman, Listen to the green blob , 2021
    Listen to the green blob , 2021
  • Will Thurman, Warm yourself under the pinkish-red smear, 2021
    Warm yourself under the pinkish-red smear, 2021
  • Will Thurman, Stand high above the turquoise abstraction, 2021
    Stand high above the turquoise abstraction, 2021
  • Will Thurman, Own the orangeness, 2021
    Own the orangeness, 2021
  • Will Thurman, Goodbye forest, goodbye sand, goodbye future: the enemy, the foe---The Excavator, 2021
    Goodbye forest, goodbye sand, goodbye future: the enemy, the foe---The Excavator, 2021
  • Will Thurman, Event, 2020
    Event, 2020
  • Will Thurman, It Already Happened. You Can't Stop It, 2020
    It Already Happened. You Can't Stop It, 2020
  • Will Thurman, Newness, 2020
    Newness, 2020
  • Will Thurman, Savagery, 2020
    Savagery, 2020
  • Will Thurman, Studder, 2020
    Studder, 2020
  • Will Thurman, The fall down. The come up., 2020
    The fall down. The come up., 2020
  • Will Thurman, Hearing the chatter, finding a sound. To TH, 2020
    Hearing the chatter, finding a sound. To TH, 2020
  • Will Thurman, Then, breakthrough (Faith). TO QNH, 2020
    Then, breakthrough (Faith). TO QNH, 2020
  • Will Thurman, Error, 2019
    Error, 2019
  • Will Thurman, Mr. Rat holds up un-expecting World, 2019
    Mr. Rat holds up un-expecting World, 2019
  • Will Thurman, Pig in Guillotine, 2019
    Pig in Guillotine, 2019
  • Will Thurman, Prayer, 2019
    Prayer, 2019
  • Will Thurman, Rescue, 2019
    Rescue, 2019
  • Will Thurman, Desire, 2018
    Desire, 2018
  • Will Thurman, Fall, 2018
    Fall, 2018
  • Will Thurman, Games and those who watch them, 2018
    Games and those who watch them, 2018
  • Will Thurman, Labor, 2018
    Labor, 2018
  • Will Thurman, Praying to the unholy, don't collect sacred objects, and it's hard to dry clothes in the rain, 2018
    Praying to the unholy, don't collect sacred objects, and it's hard to dry clothes in the rain, 2018
  • Will Thurman, Same old jingle, 2018
    Same old jingle, 2018
  • Will Thurman, The good and the bad both fight. Fishing is a pastime. And so is sadism., 2018
    The good and the bad both fight. Fishing is a pastime. And so is sadism., 2018
  • Will Thurman, I can’t…I won’t…I need rest. a day off….just one day off (sneakers get laced up)…can’t…won’t do it…(feet start moving); ahhhh exercise—be worse without you., 2018
    I can’t…I won’t…I need rest. a day off….just one day off (sneakers get laced up)…can’t…won’t do it…(feet start moving); ahhhh exercise—be worse without you., 2018
  • Will Thurman, Uncrossable lands always attract. The oh-so-good. And they like to do harm., 2018
    Uncrossable lands always attract. The oh-so-good. And they like to do harm., 2018
Exhibitions
Art Fairs