{"id":4018,"date":"2014-01-07T19:58:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T18:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=4018"},"modified":"2015-07-17T11:04:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T09:04:58","slug":"torey-thornton-tricks-and-strokes-from-a-phenomenological-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/07\/torey-thornton-tricks-and-strokes-from-a-phenomenological-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Torey Thornton, tricks and strokes (from a phenomenological perspective)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4018 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/07\/torey-thornton-tricks-and-strokes-from-a-phenomenological-perspective\/073113-torey-thornton-18\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/073113-torey-thornton-18.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4019\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4019'>\n\t\t\t\tTorey Thornton, How White Does It Need To Be, 2013. Acrylic paint, spray paint, graphite, and collage on paper, 36 x 24 inches.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/07\/torey-thornton-tricks-and-strokes-from-a-phenomenological-perspective\/fish_web\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/fish_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4021\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4021'>\n\t\t\t\tTorey Thornton, Glassed In Wet Horizon With Endless Shade, 2013, Acrylic, nail polish, construction paper, and collage on poster board mounted to wood, 22 x 28, inches 55.9 x 71.1 cm. Courtesy of Rody Gallery.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/07\/torey-thornton-tricks-and-strokes-from-a-phenomenological-perspective\/reedits-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/reedits-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4022\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4022'>\n\t\t\t\tTorey Thornton, Unmashed Bowl #1, 2013, Mixed media and collage, on paper, 26 x 16.5 inches\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/07\/torey-thornton-tricks-and-strokes-from-a-phenomenological-perspective\/reedits-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/reedits-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4023\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4023'>\n\t\t\t\tTorey Thornton, I Know You Like Fish and All, But This Is Just Soft, 2013. Acrylic paint, spray paint, cat hair, graphite and collage on paper, 47.5 x 36 inches.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/07\/torey-thornton-tricks-and-strokes-from-a-phenomenological-perspective\/tt-ow1007\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TT-OW1007.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4024\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4024'>\n\t\t\t\tTorey Thornton, Untitled Modern Country, 2013\nAcrylic, spray paint, and collage on paper, 34.75 x 45.75 inches, 88.3 x 116.2 cm. Courtesy of OhWow, Los Angeles.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/07\/torey-thornton-tricks-and-strokes-from-a-phenomenological-perspective\/blue-peaheadwgirlyraincoatweb\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/blue-peaheadWgirlyRaincoatWEB.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4020\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4020'>\n\t\t\t\tTorey Thornton, Blue Peahead With Girly Raincoat, 2013. Acrylic, spray paint and collage on wood panel, 54 x 46 inches.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>What makes Torey Thornton&#8217;s mixed media two dimensional artworks so appealing isn&#8217;t the fact that they are colorful or apparently driven by a funky instinct devoted to the expressionistic form. On the contrary what really makes the difference is, once again, the related information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In effect, by googling his name, the viewer inevitably comes across a series of videos that celebrate his freestyle biking. This kind of info is definitely more colorful, dangerous, brave and stylish than the article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/pictures\/mkl45edhlg\/torey-thornton-23\/\" target=\"_blank\">Forbes<\/a> quoting him among the 30 under 30 creatives of the future, or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toreythornton.com\/CV\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a> of the artist&#8217;s upcoming solo shows in Los Angeles (Oh Wow) and in Paris (TORRI galerie).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty wrote in 1944 in his \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.uml.edu\/rinnis\/cezannedoubt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Cezanne&#8217;s Doub<\/a>t\u201d, the artistic experience is one with the life experience: \u201cthe truth \u2013 claimed the French philosopher \u2013 is that that work to be done called for that life\u201d. And today, we add, life and art are endlessly merged together by the web in an information oriented perspective. Hence, enjoy Thornton&#8217;s tricks and don&#8217;t ask too much to his painting, it would be a mistake to consider it self contained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What makes Torey Thornton&#8217;s mixed media two dimensional artworks so appealing isn&#8217;t the fact that they are colorful or apparently driven by a funky instinct devoted to the expressionistic form. 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