Luc Tuymans
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- | '''Luc Tuymans''' (born [[1958]]) is a Belgian [[contemporary art]]ist, considered one of today's most influential painters. | + | '''Luc Tuymans''' (born [[1958]]) is a [[Belgian contemporary art]]ist, considered one of today's most influential painters. |
Tuymans was born in [[Mortsel]], [[Belgium]]. He began to study fine art at the Sint-Lukasinstituut in [[Brussels]] in [[1976]], and subsequently also studied art history at Vrije Universiteit in Brussels. He first exhibited in [[1985]]. His first U.S. exhibition was at [[The Renaissance Society]] in [[Chicago]] in 1995. | Tuymans was born in [[Mortsel]], [[Belgium]]. He began to study fine art at the Sint-Lukasinstituut in [[Brussels]] in [[1976]], and subsequently also studied art history at Vrije Universiteit in Brussels. He first exhibited in [[1985]]. His first U.S. exhibition was at [[The Renaissance Society]] in [[Chicago]] in 1995. | ||
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Tuymans lives and works in [[Antwerp]]. Recently some of his work has been exhibited in "The Triumph of Painting" exhibition in the [[Saatchi Gallery]] in [[London]]. | Tuymans lives and works in [[Antwerp]]. Recently some of his work has been exhibited in "The Triumph of Painting" exhibition in the [[Saatchi Gallery]] in [[London]]. | ||
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- | * 2007 - ''Les Revenants'' at [[Zeno X Gallery]], Antwerp, Belgium. | + | *[[List of Belgian painters]] |
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Luc Tuymans (born 1958) is a Belgian contemporary artist, considered one of today's most influential painters.
Tuymans was born in Mortsel, Belgium. He began to study fine art at the Sint-Lukasinstituut in Brussels in 1976, and subsequently also studied art history at Vrije Universiteit in Brussels. He first exhibited in 1985. His first U.S. exhibition was at The Renaissance Society in Chicago in 1995.
Tuymans' work is figurative and makes extensive use of techniques from photography, television and film, such as cropping, framing, sequencing and (sometimes extreme) close-ups. His palette usually tends toward monochrome. Subjects of his paintings range from the historic, for example covering the Holocaust or colonial politics in Belgian Congo, to the very banal, depicting everyday objects. Some of his paintings represent abstract emotions. For a while he abandoned painting completely to make films.
Tuymans lives and works in Antwerp. Recently some of his work has been exhibited in "The Triumph of Painting" exhibition in the Saatchi Gallery in London.
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