Blessing
Acrylic On Canvas
WallArt
Contemporary Realism
145.0 x 188.0 cm
Bonnefanten Museum
The work of the Flemish artist Luc Tuymans is influenced by film, especially by camera techniques like zooming in and out, and cropping the image. The close-up pictures in the works Belly, Nose and Dough have an alienating effect. Tuymans deliberately opts for a detached (clinical) recording and for the sparing use of matt paint. The colours are pale, with little detail, in order to create an atmosphere of quietness and memory. His titles, on the other hand, are concrete and regularly refer to traumatic events in world history. Tuymans paints reminiscent images, both personal and collective. He depicts memories faded and deformed by time. Sometimes, the images seem over-exposed or are reminiscent of a photographic negative. Tuymans calls his paintings ‘authentic forgeries’. The process of refining the visual material takes up a lot of time. Many series of drawings and watercolours precede the final painting, which Tuymans then usually completes in one day.
Luc Tuymans (1958 –)
Luc Tuymans: pintor belga contemporáneo conocido por sus evocadoras obras que exploran la memoria, la historia y el poder de las imágenes con sutiles pinturas difuminadas.
Bonnefanten Museum (Maastricht, Países Bajos)
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Sobre esta obra
- Título: Blessing
- Artista: Luc Tuymans
- Dimensiones originales: 145.0 x 188.0 cm
- Estado de derechos de autor: Bajo derechos de autor
- Ubicación: Bonnefanten Museum
- Técnica o medio: WallArt
- Periodo creativo: Mature Period
- Contexto de la obra: trauma history , collective memories
- Palabras clave: belgian painter , flemish artist , reprints
Datos clave
- Location: Bonnefanten Museum
- Subject or theme: Memories faded and deformed by time
- Notable elements or techniques: Camera techniques like zooming in and out, cropping the image.
- Movement: Figurative painting
- Dimensions: 145 x 188 cm
- Influences: El Greco
- Artist: Luc Tuymans