Sanguine/Bloedrood. Luc Tuymans on Baroque
©Collection S.M.A.K., Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, image: Dirk Pauwels
The house of opportunity (the chance of a lifetime), 2003
Mixed Media
, 31.5 x 35 x 2 cm / 52 x 56 x 5 cm (framed)
watercolour and pencil on cardboard box
Luc Tuymans shows three early drawings – in which the artist plays with proportions and enlargements – combined with the almost epic portrait The Sleeper, next to a portrait of Anthony Van Dijck. While the dark tone of his work is offset by vividly brushed brush strokes – referring to Velasquez and Goya – the artist especially leaves room for emptiness and silence.
Text: Hans Willemse
Translations: Michael Meert