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| Ghost 2006 Found wood 45 x 38 x 85 inches |
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| Tramp 2012 Found wood, pigment, paint, fabric, metal, glass 45 x 32 x 30 inches |
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| Untitled 2012 Found wood, graphite 30 x 28 x 42 inches |
Artist Statement
Deep memories of time spent in the woods: alone, with friends, building, exploring,
wondering, aware-ing, becoming. Much
later, what is it I wish to bring into the world? A reflection back, told through that very
medium.
Wood breathes. It is
both hard, and soft. Long, long ago, our
ancestors climbed down from the trees.
Much later, they harnessed fire.
And sometime thereafter, they built a culture, and civilization– largely
from wood. We take all of this for
granted, yet somewhere within, I believe, this is all still a part of us. We live largely removed from the tumult and
wonder of forced survival amidst an untamed environment. Surely we should be grateful for our
circumstances, and yet, for many, I suspect, an ennui can creep in at the
edges. We are not always within our
nature, but it is somewhere within us.
This work is a wild, blind reach to something… not always certain, but
when it works, for me, it feels right.
Artist Bio
Thomas Beale is a New York-based artist who works primarily
with found, natural materials. In 2008,
he founded Honey Space, a non-commercial exhibition space that he operated in
Chelsea until 2012. Exhibitions include
Museum of Old and New Art (Tasmania, 2013), Family Business (New York, 2013),
Moscow Biennial (2011), Gogolfest (Kiev, Ukraine 2010), amongst others. Thomas has received numerous honors including
grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the U.S.–Japan Creative
Artist Fellowship, and has participated in residencies at Yaddo, Pioneer Works,
the Watermill Center, and the Vermont Studio Center, amongst others.
www.tbeale.com
www.tbeale.com
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