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Pleasure, pain, angst, fear, anxiety, loss; one way or another each of these has found its appropriate translation into paint. But what of indifference? And simultaneously, what in ourselves might we be destroying or at least keeping down? This is the undercurrent of Superstition. The Renaissance Society. Previous Exhibition. Next Exhibition. Biography Luc Tuymans is an influential contemporary Belgian artist.

Tuymans deliberately chooses images of historically significant places or people, as seen in his work Lumumba , a portrait depicting the first Prime Minister of the independent nation of Congo. It shakes loose an emotional element within the viewer. He later attended the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp, where he mainly focused on video and film. In the mids, the artist began painting again, making works which broached the subjects of the Holocaust, the Oklahoma City bombings, and the Belgian Congo.

Over the following decades, Tuymans has established himself with numerous solo exhibitions around the world.

He currently lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. Luc Tuymans results. Load More. Back to Top. X Newsletter Signup. Please enter a valid email address. Thank you for subscribing! Luc Tuymans, Ballroom Dancing , Luc Tuymans, Orchid , Private collection, New York. Luc Tuymans, Reconstruction , Friedrich Christian Flick Collection.

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