Sanguine / Bloedrood
During the cultural city festival Antwerp Baroque 2018. Rubens Inspires, the M HKA, the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, juxtaposes the spirit of the baroque masters with the vision of contemporary top artists. With the exhibition Sanguine/Bloedrood (Blood Red), curator Luc Tuymans aims to overwhelm the visitor by placing key works from the baroque of, among others, Francisco de Zurbarán and Caravaggio, in dialogue with works by classical contemporary masters, such as On Kawara and Edward Kienholz, as well as new works by contemporary stars such as Zhang Enli, Takashi Murakami, Michaël Borremans, Sigmar Polke and Tobias Rheberger.
(c)image: M HKA
Antichambre (the blue room) appears to be composed of grey and blue lines entangled on a grid, from out of which an image of a room in emphatic perspective seems to emerge. This far-reaching simplification recurs in all Luc Tuymans’ work. Acrylic paint is applied to the canvases in broad brushstrokes, layer by layer. The finishing touch remains minimal, so one gets the impression of a quick sketch.
