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Thomas Trum: Acrobatic Attempts
With Acrobatic Attempts, Thomas Trum explores the possibilities of using the sky as a canvas. Using model airplanes and long ribbons, he draws lines that unfold three-dimensionally in the air, taking on shapes, changing, and disappearing again.
The aerial drawings exist only in the moment. Video serves as a necessary witness, capturing the flight of the lines and translating the three-dimensional movement into a two-dimensional image. In this way, the choreography becomes visible and traceable without losing the original experience.
Trum investigates the tension between the ephemeral and the lasting. The flight movements form the starting point for new works on paper and canvas. For him, a line in the air is no different from a line in his paintings: a loop that appears as a perfect circle from the side, while the same movement viewed from the front reveals a zigzagging line. Both explore movement and the translation of a three-dimensional gesture into a two-dimensional plane.
In his new work, Trum breaks away from his monochrome palette. In duotone compositions, two colours meet 鈥� sometimes flowing, sometimes contrasting, but always in motion. The colours no longer mix on the palette but on the canvas itself. This causes the beginning and end of a line to blur, guiding the eye back and forth. With this approach, Trum further expands his distinctive visual language of line and colour.
The exhibition at Galerie Gerhard Hofland presents this exploration in various forms: video recordings of the aerial drawings alongside new works on paper and canvas. In this way, it becomes clear how a fleeting movement can grow into a lasting image.
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With Acrobatic Attempts, Thomas Trum explores the possibilities of using the sky as a canvas. Using model airplanes and long ribbons, he draws lines that unfold three-dimensionally in the air, taking on shapes, changing, and disappearing again.
The aerial drawings exist only in the moment. Video serves as a necessary witness, capturing the flight of the lines and translating the three-dimensional movement into a two-dimensional image. In this way, the choreography becomes visible and traceable without losing the original experience.
Trum investigates the tension between the ephemeral and the lasting. The flight movements form the starting point for new works on paper and canvas. For him, a line in the air is no different from a line in his paintings: a loop that appears as a perfect circle from the side, while the same movement viewed from the front reveals a zigzagging line. Both explore movement and the translation of a three-dimensional gesture into a two-dimensional plane.
In his new work, Trum breaks away from his monochrome palette. In duotone compositions, two colours meet 鈥� sometimes flowing, sometimes contrasting, but always in motion. The colours no longer mix on the palette but on the canvas itself. This causes the beginning and end of a line to blur, guiding the eye back and forth. With this approach, Trum further expands his distinctive visual language of line and colour.
The exhibition at Galerie Gerhard Hofland presents this exploration in various forms: video recordings of the aerial drawings alongside new works on paper and canvas. In this way, it becomes clear how a fleeting movement can grow into a lasting image.
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