Thomas Braida, Grandi Piccolini / The Shape of Paint to Come, 2022, installation view at Monitor Rome. Photo credits: Giorgio Benni

Pimped Reality: Thomas and his Urge,

Thomas Braida

Unlike many contemporary meta-paintings characterized by a critical and self-referential discourse on the medium, the so-called “painting about painting”, Braida still wants to attempt to paint the world. He even tries to do it in a new way, despite the fact that the death of painting - above all figurative - has been asserted thousands of times. But he is unafraid of being considered old-fashioned, because he doesn’t care about being in vogue. In essence, he simply cares about painting.

- Originally published on: Caroline Corbetta, Pimped Reality: Thomas and his Urge, Thomas Braida

Thomas Braida, Grandi Piccolini / The Shape of Paint to Come, 2022, installation view at Monitor Rome. Photo credits: Giorgio Benni

“I don't know if what a painter does when he paints is passion or an act of love - maybe there's something else, something deeper, that makes a painter what he is, even being and doing completely different things?”

Thomas Braida, Negli Specchi Torbidi Riflessi, 2022, installation view at Spazio Sanpaolo Invest, Treviglio. Photo credits: Michela Pedranti

Thomas Braida