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Tuymans, Luc

accrochage «Struggle(s)» april - june 2012

Luc Tuymans, born in 1958 in Belgium, lives and works in Antwerp.

Tuymans is considered one of the most significant and influential contemporary painters working today. He is a key figure of a new generation of figurative painters who have continued to paint during a time when many believed the medium had lost its relevance. His work is a vast repository of data, drawn from literature, photography, television and film, combining a range of different styles and subject matter. His subjects range from major historical events, such as the Holocaust or the politics of the Belgian Congo, to the inconsequential and banal - wallpaper patterns, Christmas decorations, everyday objects. There are also paintings that express abstract emotional states and that imply existential or philosophical responses to the human condition.

 

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