Sanguine/Bloedrood. Luc Tuymans on Baroque
©Collection S.M.A.K., Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, image: Dirk Pauwels
The House of Opportunity: Voodoo!, 2004-2005
Mixed Media
, 13 x 14 cm / 33 x 33 x 3 cm framed
pencil and watercolour on cardboard
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