Luc Tuymans: The Image Revisited: in Conversation with Gottfried Boehm, T.J. Clark & Hans M. De Wolf - Softcover

Tuymans, Luc; Maria De Wolf, Hans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9491819798 ISBN 13: 9789491819797

Publisher: Ludion, 2018

Synopsis

At the age of nineteen, a young Luc Tuymans saw for the very first time the work of El Greco on a visit to the Szépmvészeti Múzeum in Budapest, an event that sparked his imagination and prompted him to embark on a journey that would lead him to be one of today’s most influential artists. Almost forty years later, that life-changing experience is recounted and celebrated in The Image Revisited: Luc Tuymans in conversation with... , a book that acts both as a monograph and a history of art book.

Timed to coincide with an exhibition organized by Tuymans at MuHKA, Antwerp, in June 2018, this richly illustrated book includes three conversations Tuymans had with art historians Hans Maria De Wolf, Gottfried Böhm and T.J. Clark in museums in Basel, Brussels and Budapest over the course of three years. What emerges, along with a fascinating discussion on the work of artists such as El Greco, Cézanne, Goya, de la Tour, Titian, Courbet, Mantegna, Hopper, Newman and Richter amongst others, is an insight into Tuymans’ own creative process, and how the great art of the past inspired and motivated him.

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At the age of 19, Luc Tuymans saw El Greco’s work for the first time – an event which prompted him to embark on his own artistic journey. The life-changing experience is recounted in this publication, which acts as both a monograph and an art history book. It includes three conversations the artist had with art historians Hans Maria De Wolf, Gottfried Böhm, and T.J. Clark over the course of three years. What emerges, besides a fascinating discussion on the work of artists such as El Greco, Goya, Titian, Cézanne, Courbet, Hopper, Newman, and Richter, is an insight into Tuymans’s own creative process, how the great art of the past inspired and motivated him.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ludion
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 9491819798
• ISBN 13: 9789491819797
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280