Catalogue raisonné, offering a retrospective of more than twenty years of graphic works in various techniques, from photocopy to serigraph on monotype, lithograph, aquatint, photogravure, in situ projects and installations. Using unpublished source material and proofs, polaroids and watercolours--some from the archives of the master printer Roger Vandaele and the artist's own studio. An illustrated survey of Tuymans' complete graphic work from 1989 to 2012.
Luc Tuymans's recent work explores the complexities of contemporary image-making through stunning translations of digital imagery onto canvas. His muted compositions, once seen as fatalistic, now engage critically with themes of digital fragmentation and deception. This monograph showcases pieces from three exhibitions held since 2020, highlighting a shift in his palette that emphasizes urgency in today's global context. Accompanied by insightful texts from notable writers and historians, it deepens the understanding of Tuymans's influential artistic perspective and the enduring significance of painting.
Widely credited with having contributed to the revival of painting in the 1990s, Belgian painter Luc Tuymans continues to expand our understanding of the medium. Sourcing imagery from books, magazines, films, the internet, and increasingly his own iPhone photos, Tuymans’s unique selection of subject matter reveals his fascination with moral complexities. Exploring diverse and sensitive topics, many of which include historic references from World War II to more contemporary events such as 9/11, Tuymans presents imagery that at first seems innocuous or approachable but upon deeper inspection can be entirely unsettling. Achieved through his masterful handling of paint, his works are often suggestive of memories or familiar people, places, and things. The latest in the Spotlight Series, which focuses on new bodies of work by contemporary artists, Tuymans continues to take on increasingly complex subject matters in his primarily muted palette. Published on the occasion of the artist’s 2020 solo exhibition at David Zwirner Hong Kong, this book features an essay by art critic Su Wei, who approaches Tuymans’s newest paintings and how they expand his oeuvre.
Tuymans' Ziel war es, während der globalen pandemischen Krise aussagekräftige Bilder zu schaffen. Luc Tuymans erforscht Themen wie Geschichte und Erinnerung sowie die Beziehung zwischen Fotografie und Malerei, wobei er eine gedämpfte Farbpalette verwendet, um Leinwände zu schaffen, die gleichzeitig zurückhaltend und aber auch entwaffnend präsent sind. Im Mittelpunkt dieses Katalogs stehen vier monumentale Leinwände, auf denen Zahlen aufgebracht wurden, sowie drei weitere Gemälde und ein Animationsfilm. Seine Kompositionen sind unverwechselbar und stützen sich auf Bilder aus Fotografie, Fernsehen und Film.
