Tom Früchtl. not unreal

In the work of Tom Früchtl the boundaries between reality and painting blur – and sometimes even disappear. By challenging the observer to look closely, to question what they have already perceived and reinterpret what they have already cognitively arranged, the artist creates a field of tension that is also represented in the exhibition catalog. More questions arise: Is what I see now on the page the illustration of a real object? A painting thereof? Even the book’s cover creates an illusion of materiality. Above all, this catalog inspires an urgent desire to experience the illustrated works, exhibited at the Kunsthalle Göppingen in 2012, in person. Because here, to see is not quite enough to believe…