Tomáš Absolon’s paintings straddle the border between abstraction and typography, symbols of visual communication, signs, or fragments of reality in general.
WW, 100 X 81 CM, OIL ON CANVAS, 2016
Although recognizable motifs form points of reference for our perception, they detach from their original contents and ambiguous models, and without their contexts of meaning, they form empty shells that captivate primarily through their visually abstracted form. Absolon is inspired by the aesthetics of posters, which can be a rich source of typographic and compositional motifs. The artist himself claims that thinking of the images as posters gives him certain rules and limits to guide him through the painting. Ambiguity and maneuvering on the border is also characteristic of Absolon’s formal style. He reaches the boundary of post-internet aesthetics, or the digital milieu, which he convincingly imitates with classical painting techniques, while always turning his attention back to the medium through the localized use of gestural brushstrokes. Absalon graduated from the drawing studio headed by Jiří Petrbok at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and is currently completing his doctorate in the painting studio of Luděk Rathouský at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Brno University of Technology.
Chartreuse, 130 cm x 175 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2024
TECHNICOLOR, 50 x 35 cm, acrylic on paper on plywood, 2023
TECHNICOLOR, 50 x 35 cm, acrylic on paper on plywood, 2023
Gonna Catch`Em All, 180 x 130 cm, oil on canvas, 2024
Man Without Qualities III, 180 cm x 130 cm, oil on canvas, 2023
Worst Athlete II, 65 x 55 cm, oil on canvas, 2023
Ooo, 70 x 60 cm, oil on canvas, 2023
New Balance, 200 x 120 cm, oil on canvas, 2019
Contemporary Fruit, 50 x 70 cm, oil on canvas, 2022
Ghostmushrooms I, 90 x 110 cm, oil on canvas, 2022
Ghostmushrooms Spirit I, 110 x 140 cm, oil on canvas, 2022
Bogus Man, 125 x 90 cm, oil on canvas, 2023
Drawing, 50 x 35 cm, acrylic and pencil on paper, 2022
Solo exhibition, KEWENIG Gallery, Palma, Spain
Ženesekva, 130 cm x 180 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2024
Man Without Qualities, 180 x 130 cm, oil on canvas, 2023
WW, 100 X 81 CM, OIL ON CANVAS, 2016
Chartreuse, 130 cm x 175 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2024
TECHNICOLOR, 50 x 35 cm, acrylic on paper on plywood, 2023
TECHNICOLOR, 50 x 35 cm, acrylic on paper on plywood, 2023
Gonna Catch`Em All, 180 x 130 cm, oil on canvas, 2024
Man Without Qualities III, 180 cm x 130 cm, oil on canvas, 2023
Worst Athlete II, 65 x 55 cm, oil on canvas, 2023
Ooo, 70 x 60 cm, oil on canvas, 2023
New Balance, 200 x 120 cm, oil on canvas, 2019
Contemporary Fruit, 50 x 70 cm, oil on canvas, 2022
Ghostmushrooms I, 90 x 110 cm, oil on canvas, 2022
Ghostmushrooms Spirit I, 110 x 140 cm, oil on canvas, 2022
Bogus Man, 125 x 90 cm, oil on canvas, 2023
Drawing, 50 x 35 cm, acrylic and pencil on paper, 2022
Solo exhibition, KEWENIG Gallery, Palma, Spain
Ženesekva, 130 cm x 180 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2024
Man Without Qualities, 180 x 130 cm, oil on canvas, 2023
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