Will Thurman

Biography

Bằng cách kiến tạo những nhân vật lai — sinh vật mang một phần người, một phần động vật, một phần vật thể — tranh vẽ của Will Thurman phản ánh một trạng thái tồn tại mất phương hướng; sự tràn ngập của các tuyến truyện khiến người xem khó lòng xác định đâu là điểm bắt đầu hay kết thúc. Thurman đưa chúng ta lao vào một vũ trụ song song không hoàn toàn tách biệt với thế giới thực, nơi yếu tố hài hước hòa lẫn với cảm giác ảm đạm và đôi khi đầy bạo liệt.

 

Nhiều bức tranh của anh chứa những bức tranh bên trong tranh — mise en abyme — gợi chú ý đến vô số góc nhìn mà qua đó một câu chuyện có thể được kể, rồi kể lại, rồi tiếp tục kể lại. Thurman đặc biệt tỉ mỉ trong cách biểu đạt; đối với anh, hội họa là một dạng lao động có kỷ luật và tính lặp lại. Tuy nhiên, chính bên trong sự kiểm soát đó, tác phẩm của anh lại mở ra một dạng tự do đặc biệt: cho phép người xem đặt mình vào khung cảnh, điều hướng không gian đảo lộn và can thiệp vào diễn tiến của chúng.

 

Will Thurman (sinh năm 1989, New York) được đào tạo tại Đại học Wisconsin–Madison, Hoa Kỳ. 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 tại Campuchia, nơi anh cũng từng thi đấu quyền Anh bán chuyên nghiệp. Thurman đã sống tại nhiều vùng khác nhau ở Việt Nam và đặc biệt yêu thích đời sống nông thôn. Hiện anh 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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