Exhibition
Tom Freeman // Teaching a Stone to Talk
Tom Freeman, Down Talk, 2022, oil and acrylic on plywood with marri and jarrah frame, 33 x 30cm
Text-based paintings and mixed media works explore the artist’s feelings, stemming from recent experiences and emotions around parenting and birth, death and building, climate and future. The works consider ongoing questions about the value of art and the role of the artist, hope and despair within political activism, and the limitations of expression and communication.
Born in 1985 in Margaret River, Western Australia, Tom Freeman lives and works in Fremantle. Using sculpture and painting, he alternates approaches to encourage a transformative translation between 2D and 3D processes, with a practice that is primarily based around abstract forms, marks and processes. Sculptural works utilise home craft practices, with a particular affection for ceramics and tactile materials, while other works incorporate pencil, ink, watercolour, acrylic, oil and enamel paints on board, canvas, paper and other surfaces.
His work as been acquired by numerous collections, including John Curtin University, City of Joondalup, City of Fremantle, City of Perth, The University of Western Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Murdoch University and St John of God Health Care.
