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Born 1958 Mortsel, Belgium. Known for: Abstract figurative painting and sculpture, mosaics, history and cultural themes.
LUC TUYMANS. 1958 . Born Mortsel, Belgium . 1976 Began to study Fine Arts . Lives and works in Antwerp . Exposing the gap between represented image and historical event, Luc Tuymans's paintings delve... Read full biography
LUC TUYMANS. 1958 . Born Mortsel, Belgium . 1976 Began to study Fine Arts . Lives and works in Antwerp . Exposing the gap between represented image and historical event, Luc Tuymans's paintings delve into the inner workings of how mythology is created. The reality of Luc Tuymans's work is almost... Read full biography
LUC TUYMANS. 1958 . Born Mortsel, Belgium . 1976 Began to study Fine Arts . Lives and works in Antwerp . Exposing the gap between represented image and historical event, Luc Tuymans's paintings delve into the inner workings of how mythology is created. The reality of Luc Tuymans's work is almost 'twee', pleasing images of a lampshade or leopard-skin rug pass quite comfortably as aesthetic totems; it's only their cognitive association with the Holocaust, or atrocities of the Belgian Congo, that... Read full biography
LUC TUYMANS. 1958 . Born Mortsel, Belgium . 1976 Began to study Fine Arts . Lives and works in Antwerp . Exposing the gap between represented image and historical event, Luc Tuymans's paintings delve into the inner workings of how mythology is created. The reality of Luc Tuymans's work is almost 'twee', pleasing images of a lampshade or leopard-skin rug pass quite comfortably as aesthetic totems; it's only their cognitive association with the Holocaust, or atrocities of the Belgian Congo, that encapsulates the true banality of evil - the unspeakable horror in a teacup, the monstrous potential of an empty bath. Luc Tuymans's paintings consciously fall desperately short of the iconic, becoming vestiges posed as counterfeit emblems for that... Read full biography
LUC TUYMANS. 1958 . Born Mortsel, Belgium . 1976 Began to study Fine Arts . Lives and works in Antwerp . Exposing the gap between represented image and historical event, Luc Tuymans's paintings delve into the inner workings of how mythology is created. The reality of Luc Tuymans's work is almost 'twee', pleasing images of a lampshade or leopard-skin rug pass quite comfortably as aesthetic totems; it's only their cognitive association with the Holocaust, or atrocities of the Belgian Congo, that encapsulates the true banality of evil - the unspeakable horror in a teacup, the monstrous potential of an empty bath. Luc Tuymans's paintings consciously fall desperately short of the iconic, becoming vestiges posed as counterfeit emblems for that which cannot be conveyed. If media images inadequately depict the horrors of reality, then Luc Tuymans's paintings are... Read full biography
