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LUC TUYMANS (b. 1958) WITHIN oil on canvas 873/4 x 955/8 in. (223 x 243 cm) executed in 2001 ESTI...

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LUC TUYMANS (b. 1958) WITHIN oil on canvas 873/4 x 955/8 in. (223 x 243 cm) executed in 2001 ESTI...
LUC TUYMANS
(b. 1958)
WITHIN
oil on canvas
873/4 x 955/8 in. (223 x 243 cm)
executed in 2001
ESTIMATE: $150,000-200,000

PROVENANCE
White Cube, LONDON

EXHIBITED
Kunsthalle Helsinki, Luc Tuymans, August 22-October 19, 2003

LITERATURE
U. Loock, J. Aliaga, N. Spector and H. Reust, LUC TUYMANS, LONDON, 2003, p. 223 (illustrated)
Most of my paintings are not painted on a stretcher. They are painted on a piece of canvas or on a piece of board. When the image is finished I just paint a white ribbon around it to focus it. That's the last thing I do when the painting is finished. It gives me the chance to alter the size of the image. None of my paintings are the same size. Every painting differs, even if only by a millimeter. When the painting is framed it evens itself out. The visibility drops and a kind of gloominess appears on the painting, a sort of second skin. That gives people the impression that the paintings are similar. There is a continuity in the way I approach painting. The notion of contrast, of outline and shadow, is very significant in my work. I have made a group of pieces about shadows and mirrors because they create immaterial spaces. It's hard to depict them, it's challenging especially for someone like me who thinks that painting is only about precision. It has nothing to do with virtuosity; it's a necessity.
U. Loock, J. Aliaga, N. Spector and H. Reust,
LUC TUYMANS, LONDON, 2003, p. 26