Luc Tuymans

Belgian artist Luc Tuymans (b. 1958) has been a primary force in reenergizing painting over the past 15 years, creating a varied and remarkable body of work. His paintings deal with complex subjects such as Christ's passion and the Holocaust, as well as child abuse and Belgian colonialism in the Congo. Using a restricted palette of bleached-out colors and giving his paintings a seemingly aged, cracked patina, Tuymans imbues everyday objects with a sense of impending menace, hinting at terrors lurking beneath the surface. He has been described by one critic as the Polanski of contemporary painting...looking through the lens that isolates him from a terrible world which is entirely his own. Accompanying a major retrospective at Tate Modern in London, this fully illustrated book, which includes an interview with Tuymans, is the most up-to-date survey of one of our most important living artists.

ISBN 1854375032   Pages 128 ISBN13 9781854375032 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Tate Publishing   Weight (grammes) 1000 Imprint Tate Publishing   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 280 Publication date 10 Jun 2004   Width (mm) 219 Library of Congress 2004102496   Spine width (mm) 11 DEWEY 759.9493   Academic level Tertiary education, General, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

		Illusion and reality : interview with Luc Tuymans, Dusseldorf, 13 January 2004 by Julian Heynen		8
		The interconnectedness of all things : between history, still life and the uncanny by Emma Dexter		16
		Plates		30
		Natural objects and curious artefacts by Jesus Fuenmayor		116

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