{"id":6967,"date":"2017-12-15T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=6967"},"modified":"2018-05-20T22:51:02","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T02:51:02","slug":"chris-trueman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/chris-trueman\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Trueman"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3561\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6967-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/christrueman.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/christrueman.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/christrueman.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6969\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6969 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Trueman_portrait.jpg?resize=222%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Trueman_portrait.jpg?resize=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1 222w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Trueman_portrait.jpg?resize=768%2C1039&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Trueman_portrait.jpg?resize=757%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 757w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Trueman_portrait.jpg?resize=696%2C942&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Trueman_portrait.jpg?resize=1068%2C1445&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Trueman_portrait.jpg?resize=310%2C420&amp;ssl=1 310w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Trueman_portrait.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Trueman_portrait.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Trueman, photo by Tracey Landworth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chris Trueman received Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in both Painting and Digital Media from San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA; and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. His explorative process produces works that combine coexistent traditions in abstract painting and reveal tensions between genres.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>Trueman has had solo exhibitions at <a href=\"https:\/\/edwardcella.com\/\">Edward Cella Art + Architecture<\/a>, Los Angeles, CA; Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twfineart.com\/\">TWFINEART<\/a>, Brisbane, Australia; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vag.la\/\">Visual Artists Group<\/a>, Los Angeles; White Box Contemporary, San Diego, CA; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adahrosegallery.com\/\">Adah Rose Gallery<\/a>, Kensington, MD; Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA; and Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles, CA. Group exhibitions include Bruno David Gallery, Saint Louis; Bentley Gallery, Phoenix; Read Contemporary, Dallas, TX; Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA; Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim, UT; and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.<\/div>\n<p>Trueman explores the temporality of representation through abstraction by constructing new systems and modes in which the material of painting converges with the visual aesthetic of digital and photographic imagery, discovering the possibilities of paint\u2019s articulation of space, surface, time, and image. His most recent work is painted on large-scale Yupo, a synthetic paper that is then mounted on Sintra. The unique interaction of the smooth Yupo surface and acrylic paint, both sprayed on and applied with a brush and squeegee, allows for marks and forms to function as either positive or negative space. This back-and-forth relationship of positive and negative reverses the norm of gestural painting by presenting the gestural mark and its inversion within the same space. While the mark is a record of movement or idea, the negative gesture forms a transparent boundary between previous and subsequent layers.<\/p>\n<div>The book mentioned in the interview is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Antifragile-Things-That-Disorder-Incerto\/dp\/0812979680\">Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder<\/a>\u00a0is a book by\u00a0<a title=\"Nassim Nicholas Taleb\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nassim Nicholas Taleb.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6970\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6970 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/YBA.jpg?resize=640%2C836&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/YBA.jpg?resize=784%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 784w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/YBA.jpg?resize=230%2C300&amp;ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/YBA.jpg?resize=768%2C1003&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/YBA.jpg?resize=696%2C909&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/YBA.jpg?resize=1068%2C1395&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/YBA.jpg?resize=322%2C420&amp;ssl=1 322w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/YBA.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/YBA.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;YBA&#8221; acrylic and acrylic spray paint and pigment print on Aluminum 32\u201dx24\u201d, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6971\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6971\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6971 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NBMB_hung.jpg?resize=650%2C883&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NBMB_hung.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NBMB_hung.jpg?resize=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1 221w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NBMB_hung.jpg?resize=309%2C420&amp;ssl=1 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;NBMB&#8221; acrylic and acrylic spray paint on yupo mounted to sintra 80\u201dx60\u201d, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/christrueman.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing list Chris Trueman received Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in both Painting and Digital Media from San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA; and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. 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