Thomas Baumann
dal 24/4/2015 al 22/5/2015
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Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman
24/4/2015
Thomas Baumann
Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck
With his electronic sculptures, machine-produced paintings, films, and installations providing visitors with their own sphere of action, the artist in his work looks for the structural connections between material and mental spaces.
[…] The machine is a constantly developing tool that enables me, within the framework of the mechanical possibilities – I call it the visualisation of an inherent intelligence – to produce highly precise structures and lines, overlaps, obliterations, including pre-programmed or simply occurring mistakes. It is these mistakes, ultimately, that step out of the standardised process in order to answer the recurring question of painting.
The conceptual approach finds expression in the work, and the use of the machines is only a means, one that is at the disposal of many artists. We might call this positive examples of enlightenment and education. As simple as the pictures may appear at first sight, at a second glance they tell us a lot about logic, consequence, the methods of science, intelligence, and also order and disorder/chaos. The attraction of working with machines has accompanied me through most of my career. In the picture, moreover, it is possible to depict a moment of time and rhythm in a fixed condition, to represent a dynamic process.
These components, put together, consequently illustrate a part of the human ability and existence, and also the human intelligence, or mind, for those who prefer the word. In order to perceive this, or to be able to depict it, I avail myself of a computer or a machine for an aid, for a tool – a possibility to put the past, the present and the future up for negotiation, i.e. that which is the only thing ultimately at our disposal and which, in the best case, we can also help shape. […]
excerpt from the interview with Thomas Baumann in the catalogue of the exhibition Quantum of Disorder Haus Konstruktiv Zurich 2015
Image: Thomas Baumann Common Infinite / Painting 2014-2015 Acryl auf Leinwand je 120 x 100 cm Ausstellungsansicht Haus Konstruktiv Zürich 2015
Opening: Saturday 25.04.2015, 12 noon, the artist will be present
Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman | Vienna
Seilerstätte 7
Tue - Fri 12pm to 6pm, Sat 11am to 4pm