Tristian Koenig is delighted to annouce the opening of When a still painting tells us we are moving - a solo exhibition of new work by Professor David Thomas. The exhibition debuts recent large-scale paintings and a suite of new photo-paintings, which continue Thomas' explorations of colour, duration and gesture from within the tradition of the monochrome.
David Thomas was born in Belfast in 1951 and arrived in Australia in 1958. He studied Art and Education at the University of Melbourne, graduating in the 1970s, before travelling extensively throughout Asia and living in Europe. Upon returning to Melbourne, Thomas held his first solo exhibition with Powell Street Gallery in 1982. Thomas’ paintings, photo-paintings and painting/installations exploit colour, humour and duration in composite ways, enabling knowing and feeling to be considered. His work is informed by an engagement with the formal and conceptual concerns of both Eastern and Western monochrome painting.

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On the occasion of the new exhibition, it gives us great pleasure to annouce the publishing of a new monograph on Thomas' work. When a still painting shows us that we are moving: Impermanences and other projects 2010–2016 is designed by Stuart Geddes and includes text by Kit Wise and Michael Graeve.

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David Thomas' work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; The Australian National Gallery, Canberra; Art Bank; Trinity College, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne; RMIT University, Melbourne; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Cripp’s Collection (Australia and UK); Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland; Canterbury University, Christchurch; Lim Lip Museum, Gong Ju; Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn and the Theodor F. Leifeld Stiftung, Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Ahlen. In addition, his work is held in private collections in Australia, USA, France, Germany, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
When a still painting tells us we are moving is David Thomas' second solo exhibition with Tristian Koenig.

OPENING: WEDNESDAY MARCH 30th, 6-8pm

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