LUC TUYMANS 'The Worshipper' SIGNED Limited Edition Silkscreen Print 42" x 30"

Description: LUC TUYMANS (b. 1958, Mortsel, Belgium) 'The Worshipper', 2004/2005 SIGNED Limited Edition SilkscreenBeautiful silkscreen print in eight colors on BFK Rives 270 gr/m2 paper. Limited edition of 100. Dimensions: 41-1/2" x 29-1/2" (105 x 75 cm). SIGNED and numbered '45/100' by artist in pencil on recto (lr). Excellent condition with no visible defects. Never framed or displayed (last two images are framed examples). Comes in original flat artist protective sleeve. Published by Phaidon Press, London, UK. Printed by Atelier Roger Vandaele Editie, Antwerp, Belgium. REFERENCE: 'Luc Tuymans Graphic Works 1989-2012', Manfred Sellink, Tommy Simoens, Ludion Publishers, Brussels, Belgium, 2013, cat. no. 42. In 'The Worshipper', the flashlight of the camera makes the figure, which suggests the outline of an Orthodox priest, perform a disappearing act as the off-white shape both merges with, and emerges from, the brownish gray background. The image was apparently inspired by a Polaroid that Tuymans made in 2004 of a mannequin in a museum of masks and carnivals. The 1994 painting, The Worshipper, on which the print is based, was originally created for an exhibition at Zeno X Gallery in Antwerp. Tuymans gathered subject matter for the paintings included in this exhibition from the Binche Carnival, the annual tradition of a small French-speaking town in Belgium dating back to the fourteenth century. This elaborate event makes extensive use of masks and costumes and is listed by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity. The Worshipper is based on a Polaroid taken by Tuymans of a statue of a costumed man that he found leaning against a wall in Binche's Musee international du Carnaval et du Masque. In a 2007 interview with Robert Ayers, Tuymans explains how he immediately saw the statue taking on an existence independent of the carnival setting, suggesting instead 'the idea of something strangely fanatical'. Framed in isolation and lie by the flash of Tuymans's camera, the figure is transformed into an archaic priest with one extended hand forming an ambiguous, imploring gesture. In 2005, Tuymans collaborated on a large format screenprint edition of The Worshipper with master printer Roger Vandaele. The eight colors that comprise the palette differ from the grey-green of the original painting and set a much brighter figure against a dark yellow-brown background. This was intended to replicate the character of the overexposed snapshot, giving the figure an almost ghostly radiance. A light golden-brown shadow emphasizes the shape of the figure's costume, tracing the sleeve of his right arm and seeping into the background. Another shadow doubles the gesturing hand, amplifying its presence. Bright, exposed details on the face and costume are rendered in light shades of violet recognizable only after dose inspection. These subtle details are offset by the gleaming insignia on the figure's headdress, a shocking contrast reinforcing the print's sinister aura. "The Worshipper is from something that I saw in the [International Carnival and] Mask Museum in Binches in Belgium, while I was preparing another show about Gilles de Binches. [This carnival, protected by UNESCO, is supposedly the oldest carnival in the world.] While I was doing the research for that, I went to the museum and I saw this sort of white doll. The image when I took a Polaroid of it came out very strange because of the flash: It appears to be very close to the wall, and it has a very strange shadow underneath the hand and next to the face. Also it erases the imagery of the figure. It looks very archaic, like he could very easily be a Russian orthodox priest. This gave me the idea of something strangely fanatical, and that’s why I called it The Worshipper". -- Luc Tuymans on The Worshipper (Robert Ayers. The AI Interview: Luc Tuymans, Artinfo.com, 6/20/2006)Belgian artists Luc Tuymans is considered one of the most significant and influential contemporary painters working today. His work fuses the traditions of Old Master Flemish and Spanish still-life genres painting with a late-twentieth-century sensibility. Celebrated as one of the world's most gifted visionary painters, Tuymans has been creating iconic works of art for nearly three decades. For The Worshipper he collaborated with a master printer in Antwerp to create a screen print based on his 2004 painting of the same name, the source of which was a photograph Tuymans took in the Musée International du Carnaval et du Masque in the Belgian town of Binche. 'I was mostly using Polaroids, which attenuate the colours, making things unclear and imprecise. Polaroids don't provide the same accuracy as digital or film photography, and they present more inconsistencies. I like to work with materials that are inconsistent because they leave more room for interpretation.' Luc Tuymans is represented by David Zwirner Gallery, New York. SELECT RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2023 'Caturing the Moment' (group exhibition), Tate Modern, London, UK 'Luc Tuymans: The Barn', David Zwirner, New York, NY 2022 'Luc Tuymans: Eternity', David Zwirner, Paros, France 2021 'Luc Tuymans: Seconds', Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 'Luc Tuymans: Monkey Business', David Zwirner, London, UK 2020 'Luc Tuymans: Good Luck', David Zwirner, Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2019 'Luc Tuymans: The Return', De Pont Museum, Tilburg, The Netherlands 'Luc Tuymans: La Pelle', Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy 'Luc Tuymans: Printed in Antwerp', Art Partout Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 2017 'Luc Tuymans: The Swamp', Reset Gert Robijns, Borgloon, Belgium 'Luc Tuymans: Glasses', National Portrait Gallery, London, UK 2016 'Luc Tuymans: 25 years of collaboration', Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 'Luc Tuymans: Glasses', Museum aan de Stroom (MAS), Antwerp, Belgium 'Luc Tuymans: Le Mépris', David Zwirner, New York, NY 'Luc Tuymans: Prémonitions', Lille Métropole, musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France 2015 'Luc Tuymans: Intolerance', Qatar Museums Gallery Al Riwaq, Doha, Qatar 'Luc Tuymans: Suspended—L’Oeuvre Imprimé (1989–2014)', Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image Imprimée, La Louvière, Belgium 'Luc Tuymans: The Shore', David Zwirner, London, UK 2013 'Luc Tuymans: Nice', The Menil Collection, Houston, TX 'Luc Tuymans: The Summer is Over', David Zwirner, New York, NY 2012 'Luc Tuymans: Graphische Arbeiten 1989 bis 2012', Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany 'Luc Tuymans: Graphic Works 1989-2012', Brooke Alexander, New York, NY 'Luc Tuymans: Allo!', David Zwirner, London, UK 'Luc Tuymans: Allo!', Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia 2011 'Luc Tuymans: I Don't Get It', BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts (Palais des Beaux- Arts), Brussels, Belgium 'Luc Tuymans: The Twenty Seventh of January Two Thousand and Eleven', Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 2010 'Luc Tuymans: Corporate', David Zwirner, New York, NY 'Luc Tuymans: A Vision of Central Europe', Groeningemuseum, Bruges Central, Bruges, Belgium 'Luc Tuymans: I Don't Get It', Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, IL 'Luc Tuymans: I Don't Get It', Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX 'Luc Tuymans: I Don't Get It', San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) San Francisco, CA 2009 'Luc Tuymans: Against the Day', Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö, Sweden 'For the Use of Those Who See' (group exhibition), KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany 'Undeniably Me: 1309 Faces' (group exhibition), Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany 'Luc Tuymans: Against the Day', BAIBAKOV art projects, Moscow, Russia 'Luc Tuymans: I Don't Get It', Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH 'Luc Tuymans: Against the Day', Rooseum-Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden 'Luc Tuymans: Against the Day', WIELS, Brussels, Belgium 2008 'Reconsidered. Luc Tuymans: Selected Works from the Städel Collection', Frankfurt, Germany 'Here Is Every: Four Decades of Contemporary Art' (group exhibition), Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 'Luc Tuymans: Come and See (Retrospective)', Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland 'Luc Tuymans: Retrospective', Haus der Kunst, Münich, Germany 'Luc Tuymans: Forever, The Management of Magic', David Zwirner, New York, NY 2007 'Luc Tuymans: Retrospective', Mücsarnok Kunsthalle Budapest, Hungary 'Luc Tuymans: Ende', Kabinet für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany 'Luc Tuymans: I Don't Get It', Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA), Antwerp, Belgium 'Luc Tuymans: Les Revenants', Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 2006 'Essential Painting' (group exhibition), National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan 'Out of Time: A Contemporary View' (group exhibition), Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 'Luc Tuymans: Thinking - Painting - Speaking', Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal 'Luc Tuymans: Portraits, 1975-2003', Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCO), Geneva, Switzerland 'Luc Tuymans', Kanazawa 21st Century Museum, Ishikawa, Japan 2005 'Luc Tuymans: Proper', David Zwirner, New York, NY 'Luc Tuymans', Compton Verney House Trust, Warwickshire, UK 'Luc Tuymans: Les Gilles de Binche', Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 2004 'Luc Tuymans', Tate Modern, London, UK 'Luc Tuymans', K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany 'Luc Tuymans: Tracing', Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico 'Luc Tuymans', Saatchi Gallery, London, UK PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS BY CLICKING MY Store ICON ABOVE FSA:Prints Pay me securely with any major credit card through PayPal!

Price: 5500 USD

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

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