Luc Tuymans is a Belgian artist who emerged in the late 1980s. Tuymans is one of the

world's most prominent figures in contemporary painting although he has also worked in other media. His work fuses

the traditions of Old Master Flemish and Spanish genre painting with ideas and images drawn from recent history.

Tuymans' monochromatic palette and choice of subject matter - domestic interiors, commonplace objects, the

margins of history or family portraits - link painting with filmmaking, photojournalism and amateur photography.

The source of his imagery, however, some of which derives from documentation of Nazi atrocities, gives his canvases

a brooding violence. Modest in scale and sensitive in execution, this work is powerful in its haunting evocation of lost

lives and repressed histories. Tuymans' work has featured in many key surveys of contemporary painting, such as

'Examining Pictures', Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, and tour, 1999 ; 'Trouble Spot. Painting' (which he also curated),

Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, 1999 ; and 'Dear Painter, Paint Me', Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2002,

among others.

Contemporary Artists is a series of authoritative and highly illustrated

studies of important artists of the late twentieth century. Each title offers a comprehensive survey of an individual

artist's work. Different genres of art writing are contributed by an international spectrum of authors who are leading

figures in their fields, ranging from art history and criticism to philosophy, cultural theory and fiction. Each study

provides incisive analyses and multiple perspectives on contemporary art and its inspiration. These are essential

source books for everyone concerned with art today. Other titles in the series :

Vito Acconci Frazer Ward Mark C. Taylor Jennifer Bloomer Doug Aitken Daniel Birnbaum Amanda Sharp Jörg Heiser Christian Boltanski Didier Semin Tamar Garb Donald Kuspit Louise

Bourgeois Robert Storr Paulo Herkenhoff (with Thyrza Goodeve) Allan Schwartzman Cai Guo-Qiang Dana Friis-Hansen Octavio Zaya Takashi Serizawa Maurizio Cattelan Francesco Bonami Nancy

Spector Barbara Vanderlinden Massimiliano Gioni Richard Deacon Jon Thompson Pier Luigi Tazzi Peter Schjeldahl Penelope Curtis Mark Dion Lisa Graziose Corrin Miwon Kwon Norman Bryson

Stan Douglas Scott Watson Diana Thater Carol J. Clover Marlene Dumas Dominic van den Boogerd Barbara Bloom Mariuccia Casadio Jimmie Durham Laura Mulvey Dirk Snauwaert Mark Alice

Durant Olafur Eliasson Madeleine Grynsztejn Daniel Birnbaum Michael Speaks Tom Friedman Bruce Hainley Dennis Cooper Adrian Searle Antony Gormley John Hutchinson Sir Ernst Gombrich

Lela B. Njatin W.J.T. Mitchell Dan Graham Birgit Pelzer Mark Francis Beatriz Colomina Paul Graham Andrew Wilson Gillian Wearing Carol Squiers Mona Hatoum Guy Brett Michael Archer

Catherine De Zegher Jenny Holzer David Joselit Joan Simon Renata Salecl Roni Horn Louise Neri Lynne Cooke Thierry de Duve Ilya Kabakov Boris Groys David A. Ross Iwona Blazwick On

Kawara Jonathan Watkins 'Tribute' René Denizot Mike Kelley John C. Welchman Isabelle Graw Anthony Vidler Mary Kelly Margaret Iversen Douglas Crimp Homi K. Bhabha William Kentridge

Dan Cameron Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev J.M. Coetzee Yayoi Kusama Laura Hoptman Akira Tatehata Udo Kultermann Paul McCarthy Ralph Rugoff Kristine Stiles Giacinto Di Pietrantonio Cildo

Meireles Paulo Herkenhoff Gerardo Mosquera Dan Cameron Lucy Orta Roberto Pinto Nicolas Bourriaud Maia Damianovic Raymond Pettibon Robert Ston Dennis Cooper Ulrich Loock Pipilotti

Rist Peggy Phelan Hans Ulrich Obrist Elizabeth Bronfen Richard Prince Rosetta Brooks Jeff Rian Luc Sante Doris Salcedo Nancy Princenthal Carlos Basualdo Andreas Huyssen Thomas Schütte

Julian Heynen James Lingwood Angela Vettese Loma Simpson Kellie Jones Thelma Golden Chrissie Iles Nancy Spero Jon Bird Jo Anna Isaak Sylvère Lotringer Jessica Stockholder Barry

Schwabsky Lynne Tillman Lynne Cooke Wolfgang Tillmans Jan Verwoert Peter Halley Midori Matsui Jeff Wall Thierry de Duve Arielle Pelenc Boris Groys Jean-François Chevrier Gillian Wearing

Russell Ferguson Donna De Salvo John Slyce Lawrence Weiner Alexander Alberro and Alice Zimmerman Benjamin H. D. Buchloh David Batchelor Franz West Robert Fleck Bice Curiger Neal Benezra

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