TOMAK

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TOMAK (* 1970 in St. Veit an der Gölsen , Lower Austria ) is an Austrian artist who lives and works in Vienna .

life and work

TOMAK first attended the natural science branch of the Bundesrealgymnasium in St. Pölten and began studying painting and graphics in 1995 with Christian Ludwig Attersee at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. The natural sciences shape TOMAK's work to this day, as his large-format paintings mainly show technical, scientific representations such as machines, construction plans or anatomical teaching boards. His works are in several layers of screen printing and oil paintingbuilt up. He sees himself as an antist (an anti-artist), the “posterboy of anti-art” and opposes political correctness, the uniform, “varnished” as he calls it. The name becomes a brand that provokes, polarizes and, above all, is one thing: against.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions:

2016:  Aktion Zwei , action space LINkZ, Linz

2015:  MALPRACTICE , Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna; TOMAK and the Waldorf Astorias , Rudolf Steiner School, Vienna Mauer

2014:  BATMAN vs. TOMAK, Rudolf Budja Gallery, Salzburg; Now it's getting colorful, Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna

2012:  PHANTÔMAK, Technical University, Vienna; AUTOMAK, Heike Curtze Gallery, Salzburg

2010:  TOMAK on Salzburg, Museum der Moderne Rupertinum, Salzburg

2009:  TOMAK on Germany, Heike Curtze Gallery, Berlin

2008: Tittenfisch Metropolisch (performance), Kunsthalle Wien Projectspace, Vienna

1999: Neoantrophagi , Galerie Winter, Vienna

Group exhibitions:

2015: The Drawn I , Bruseum, Universalmuseum Johanneum, Graz

2013: Women - Love and Life. The Klöcker Collection , Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg

Middle Gate Geel 13 , St-Dimpnakerk, Gasthuismuseum, Kunsthuis Yello Art, Geel, Belgium

2012: Contemporary III, Albertina, Vienna

2009: Lives and works in Vienna III - Stars in a plastic bag. Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna

reception

TOMAK on Salzburg Emilie Breyer - "The God-Willed Metamorphosis", p. 9

"Concentrated provocation, rebellion and fragments, seemingly confused disputes with the intellectual elite of the 19th century, rattle at you in its filigree and striking motifs as well as meticulously collected elements and reflections of contemporary pop culture."

1. Introspective Toni Stooss (former director of the Museum der Moderne, Salzburg ), p. 36

“He appears as a garishly made-up clown or as a dandy with Ray-Ban glasses - timeless black sunglasses that hide the machine eyes of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Terminator' and how they protect the eyes of 'Neo' and his colleagues in the US -american science fiction film Matrix. With his glasses that veil the view but reflect the environment in the two glasses differently, he sits between 'Terminator' and 'Neo', as it were. Between the cyborg coming from the future, with the 'license to kill', and the 'neo' who will save humanity in the future from the machine beings of the matrix. 'Art - God - Ray - Ban - Asshole' is the sarcastic chain of connections that TOMAK's exaggerated ego creates. "

1. Introspective Heike Curtze (Heike Curtze Gallery) - “TOMAK goes to war”, p. 72

“The art-producing machine TOMAK undertakes a perfect ride through the universe, its universe. Weapons are always there on this trip, handguns drawn. They are not used. TOMAK's most powerful weapon is art. "

Malpractice Roman Grabner (Head of Bruseum, Universalmuseum Joanneum Graz) - "Malpractice", p. 237

“TOMAK's art is an art that operates with multiple senses, an art of counter-perception that is based on the timeless without denying the contemporary, an art that strives for parallels and at the same time creates a polyfocal network of uncertainties. His art does not leave us in peace, because a lot remains hidden from us at first glance and requires detailed observation, but what we are able to recognize gets under our skin in the truest sense of the word. "

Malpractice Elsy Lahner (curator Albertina ) - "Posterboy of Anti-Art", p. 249

“He is the opposite of the good citizen, a disruptor who communicates without being asked and expresses his anger. An aggressive monster who expresses his discomfort in the culture, one who cannot be quieted down. "

Publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quote: Roman Grabner, head of the Bruseum.
  2. ^ Sabrina Möller: Text on the exhibition Malpractice. Retrieved December 16, 2016 .
  3. ↑ TOMAK about Salzburg - exhibition catalog, ed. from the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Library of the Province, Weitra 2010, ISBN 978-3-900000-94-3
  4. ↑ a b 1. Introspective catalog, Verlag für moderne Kunst, Nuremberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86984-305-6
  5. ↑ a b Malpractice - catalog, Verlag für moderne Kunst, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-903004-35-1
personal data
SURNAME TOMAK
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Veit an der Gölsen , Lower Austria