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, There is a woman in my building who, despite -25C temperatures and gale force winds, steps outside every evening for her nightly cigarette in a light jacket and sandals., 2025
    There is a woman in my building who, despite -25C temperatures and gale force winds, steps outside every evening for her nightly cigarette in a light jacket and sandals., 2025
  • Will Thurman, Eating strange fruit that doesn’t exist yet, 2025
    Eating strange fruit that doesn’t exist yet, 2025
  • Will Thurman, People from the past taking a machete to high-grass. Only the Rhino bears witness. And don’t board ships captained by the nameless., 2025
    People from the past taking a machete to high-grass. Only the Rhino bears witness. And don’t board ships captained by the nameless., 2025
  • Will Thurman, I thought I recognized this model from the Moschino ad, 2025
    I thought I recognized this model from the Moschino ad, 2025
  • Will Thurman, Aren’t you tired of this? The exact same exchange between the same moving parts that can only feign emotion, 2025
    Aren’t you tired of this? The exact same exchange between the same moving parts that can only feign emotion, 2025
  • Will Thurman, The original elephant was more handsome. But this one beckons and says softly: “Here, drink my water, it's from the source.”, 2025
    The original elephant was more handsome. But this one beckons and says softly: “Here, drink my water, it's from the source.”, 2025
  • Will Thurman, Lessons learnt and forgotten, 2025
    Lessons learnt and forgotten, 2025
  • Will Thurman, 89' was a good year, 2025
    89' was a good year, 2025
  • Will Thurman, The scratched out text says “if the internal clock was always set to PM.”, 2025
    The scratched out text says “if the internal clock was always set to PM.”, 2025
  • Will Thurman, self-evident, 2025
    self-evident, 2025
  • Will Thurman, At times, on very very rare occasions, certain things are…, 2025
    At times, on very very rare occasions, certain things are…, 2025
  • Will Thurman, The delusion of disjointedness, 2025
    The delusion of disjointedness, 2025
  • Will Thurman, Foreign language acquisition-maintenance and glimpses of an impossible, 2025
    Foreign language acquisition-maintenance and glimpses of an impossible, 2025
  • Will Thurman, An exception, 2025
    An exception, 2025
  • Will Thurman, Stairclimber, 2025
    Stairclimber, 2025
  • Will Thurman, Snowplow scours midnight streets waiting for snowstorm. Meanwhile, in the tropics, they have the sun., 2025
    Snowplow scours midnight streets waiting for snowstorm. Meanwhile, in the tropics, they have the sun., 2025
  • Will Thurman, An accumulation of the infinite #3, 2025
    An accumulation of the infinite #3, 2025
  • Will Thurman, An accumulation of the infinite #2, 2025
    An accumulation of the infinite #2, 2025
  • Will Thurman, An accumulation of the infinite #1, 2025
    An accumulation of the infinite #1, 2025
  • Will Thurman, Vampires, cosmonauts, and people who wear red leather tend to prefer the nights; there, over there the sun will come up next year. , 2025
    Vampires, cosmonauts, and people who wear red leather tend to prefer the nights; there, over there the sun will come up next year. , 2025
  • Will Thurman, The inevitable as realized, 2025
    The inevitable as realized, 2025
  • Will Thurman, Loud upstairs neighbors, 2023
    Loud upstairs neighbors, 2023
  • Will Thurman, To be beside oneself, 2023
    To be beside oneself, 2023
  • 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, A Fine Pair, 2022
    A Fine Pair, 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, It Already Happened. You Can't Stop It, 2020
    It Already Happened. You Can't Stop It, 2020
  • Will Thurman, Savagery, 2020
    Savagery, 2020
  • Will Thurman, The only thing to fear is an angry face. Pig meat, and you're probably being watched., 2020
    The only thing to fear is an angry face. Pig meat, and you're probably being watched., 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, Prayer, 2019
    Prayer, 2019
  • 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, 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
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