
tom smith
American, b.1984
Tom Smith畢業於紐約視覺藝術學校,深感現代數位化的產物逐漸抹滅藝術創作的光環,其作品順 著數位時代中的藝術脈絡作出充滿想像的詮釋與構圖。Smith的作品看似經由機械和數位化的方式 做處理,實際上皆是親手繪製的作品。作品遠看時像是繡帷上的蔓延圖形,近看則會發現在圖案上 有著相對顏色的線條躍然而出。在這次展覽中每件作品均是由兩張壓克力顏料繪成品組合而成,當 兩者結合時,會產生如兩個視頻快速切換間被定格的視錯覺,在看似動態的畫面中,立體的視覺效 果彷彿現出不定形的臉、誇張的眼睛、睫毛與漂浮的地磚。如同百葉窗葉面的擺動可以控制光的進 出與室內的明暗,Smith的創作像是在整理其內心的想法和外界觀者的想像,而這些均反映在作品 上,使之不受定義所侷限,也因此觀者可以自由地產生連結。對Smith而言,這是一個永不停止的 實驗過程,同時也是讓我們反思自身認知、意識與潛意識的課題。
Tom Smith has pursued the possibilities art could achieve since his academic career. Concentrated on experimenting on colors and forms, Smith keeps broadening the limitation of image. His technique for making pictures has evolved into a craft system: paint, cut and collage, which mimics digital or mechanical output in order to challenge the creation of digital era. The illusion effect and message contained in Smith’s work are also inquiry into people’s conditioning for recognition, conscious and subconscious, which plays a role in connecting artist, artwork and audience.
Selected Exhibitions
2016 | Making Strange | Spring/Break Art Show, | New York |
2016 | Palmer Art Projects | Sydney | |
2015 | The Gruin Transfer, | Gruin Art | New York |
2015 | Metarealism | Palmer Art Projects | Sydney |
2015 | The Knot | William Wright Artist Projects, | Sydney |
2014 | Heavenly Bodies | ROX Gallery | New York |
2014 | Now You See | ROX Gallery | New York |
2014 | Rio de Janeiro | Largo das Artes | Brazil |
2013 | Wish Meme, Old School | New Museum’s Ideas City | New York |
2013 | Old School with Eyelevel BQE | Spring/Break Art Show | New York |
2013 | Delusions | ROX Gallery | New York |
2011 | The Eye in Eyelevel | a subject of multiple views | Eyelevel BQE | Brooklyn |
2010 | You Are Here, | New York | |
2010 | The Collective Show | Participant Inc | New York |
2009 | Double Vision | Eyelevel BQE, | Brooklyn |
2008 | Creative Alliance | Baltimore | |
2006 | Paradigms | MICA | Baltimore |
2005 | Center for Art and Culture | Aix en Provence | France |
2005 | Fantastic Flights | Gallery Imperato | Baltimore |
2004 | Disconnected | Student Space Gallery | Baltimore |
2004 | Burren College of Art Annual Exhibition | County Clare | Ireland |
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