Thomas Müller. Zeichnungen.

About

In his exhibition Zeichnungen (Drawings), Thomas Müller is presenting both large-format and A4-sized works. Drawing on paper, the artist uses not only pencil, chalk, ballpoint pen, and ink, but also acrylic, oil, and shellac. Lines and surfaces converge in complex non-objective compositions and color fields. All the exhibited works have been created in recent years.

Müller has exhibited internationally. His works are held in prestigious collections, including at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Städel Museum in Frankfurt, and Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf. The artist lives in Stuttgart.

Müller’s pictorial worlds are complex, abstract aesthetic arrangements. Viewers experience the unfolding of a sensuous gaze in a very contemporary way; it’s a form of perception that stirs the senses. His compositions comprise crystalline, woven, wave-like, two-dimensional, taut and floating structures, and occasionally tender, ephemeral drawings. We often find underlying architectural references in form and color. He consistently elaborates on the tension between line and surface on the one hand, and structure and depth on the other. In this process, his drawing approach is sometimes combined with a painterly quality. Müller employs a wide range of techniques and materials, sometimes in the same work. His most recent creations use a special shellac ink that enables translucent, glossy, and sculptural effects. His body of work is a consistently evolving, progressive exploration of the medium of drawing–one that embraces its breaking points.