Tom Früchtl

Born in München

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“I’m fascinated by the interplay of representation and reality. The notion of portraying reality within reality, where painting over what’s seen while simultaneously depicting it, is an absurd yet captivating endeavor. It’s this paradoxical dance that becomes the very essence of my artistic expression.”

“The emphasis is on the relationship between the painting material and the painting background. The ground is at once the motif, the occasion and the beginning of the painting. I separate the subject from pictorial grammar in order to study the representability of reality through pictorial means.

Interesting words could be coined to describe this procedure: Concrete Hyperrealism, Illusionistic Monochromism or Abstract Illusionism. Clearly, we’re leaving the traditional image medium behind and using other image media. Thanks to this detachment, three-dimensional paintings have developed and, consequently, spatial paintings. Together with the background, which is also represented, an object is created that oscillates between painting and sculpture, but always remains painting”.

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