i don't get it (luc tuymans)
Luc Tuymans: Signal 2001 Catalogue Spreads. Museum Für Gegenwart, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin - Die Zeit -Parts 1-4 (1988) - Reinhard Heydrich (1988)
Die Zeit parts 1-3 Oil on Cardboard; Die Zeit part 4 Collage & Oil on Cardboard
From the book: I Don't Get It (published by Ludion, 2007)
Luc Tuymans' work is a vast repository of data, drawn from photography, television and film, combining a range of different styles and subject matter. His subjects range from major historical events, such as the Holocaust or the politics of the Belgian Congo, to the inconsequential and banal - wallpaper patterns, Christmas decorations, everyday objects There are also paintings which express abstract emotional states, titled 'Embitterment' or 'Insomnia', which imply existential or philosophical responses to the human condition.
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i don't get it (luc tuymans)
Luc Tuymans: Signal 2001 Catalogue Spreads. Museum Für Gegenwart, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin - Die Zeit -Parts 1-4 (1988) - Reinhard Heydrich (1988)
Die Zeit parts 1-3 Oil on Cardboard; Die Zeit part 4 Collage & Oil on Cardboard
From the book: I Don't Get It (published by Ludion, 2007)
Luc Tuymans' work is a vast repository of data, drawn from photography, television and film, combining a range of different styles and subject matter. His subjects range from major historical events, such as the Holocaust or the politics of the Belgian Congo, to the inconsequential and banal - wallpaper patterns, Christmas decorations, everyday objects There are also paintings which express abstract emotional states, titled 'Embitterment' or 'Insomnia', which imply existential or philosophical responses to the human condition.
(text © Tate Modern more)