“As an artist, I believe art should say something about the world that we live in. Therefore, my role is not to provide answers but to question the society that we live in,” states Tom Phillips. “My paintings have always been about the human experience and its struggles.”
Searching for a relationship between abstraction and figuration, Phillips wrestles with the two styles on his canvas. Unaware of what the picture will be, his artmaking process creates “a tension and some kind of aggressive energy within my paintings.”
Tom Phillips, One morning you realise that you have no friends, 2023, oil on canvas, 167 × 408cm (triptych). Courtesy the artist and Praxis Artspace, South Australia
Praxis Artspace
9 April to 3 May 2025
South Australia
