TOM HERCK IS A BELGIAN CONCEPTUAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS UNCONVENTIONAL PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS.
TOM GREW UP IN A CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT, HIS FATHER IS AN ARTIST. HE WAS RAISED IN A SOCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE FOOTBALL CASUAL AND GRAFFITI SCENE, BOTH ‘OUTSIDER’ CULTURES.
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TOM HERCK
DECAY GOLD
PRICE ON REQUEST
160 x 200cm
2020
DECAY GOLD
PRICE ON REQUEST
120 x 100cm
2020
DECAY BLACK
PRICE ON REQUEST
2019
160 x 200cm
THE MATERIAL BECOMES BOTH SUBJECT AND OBJECT IN DECAY WORKS. EVERY LAYER PROVOKES A SLOW, UNPREDICTABLE CHEMICAL REACTION TO THE PREVIOUS ONE. IT BEGINS WITH OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENTATION.
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BY APPLYING PULVERIZED BONES - A REFERENCE TO THE FLEMISH MASTERS WHO USED CRUSHED BONES IN PAINT PIGMENT -.
TODAY, AUTHENTIC DINOSAUR REMAINS AND PURE GOLD LEAF BLEND PERFECTLY INTO THE NEW GENERATION OF DECAY WORKS.
THE DECISION TO USE CUT AND FINELY MOULDED, APPROXIMATELY 85.000.000 YEAR OLD EDMONTOSAURUS BONES CLEARLY EMPATHIZES THE VANITAS 'MOTIF'.
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE ARTWORKS LIES IN THE POWER OF DISPLAY. THEY SHOW A CONCEPTUAL BALANCE BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT, BEAUTY AND DECAY.
THE METAPHOR OF THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE IN ITSELF CONTAINS SOMETHING IMMORTAL. THE DECAY SEQUENCE IS INFINITE; IT REMAINS IN CONSTANT EVOLUTION, STIMULATING US TO THINK ABOUT THE PAST, THE FUTURE AND OUR DESTINY IN AN EVER EXPANDING AND CHANGING UNIVERSE.