“Still Life” Painting by Luc Tuymans Report (Assessment)

• Title: Still Life
• Year: 2014
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Location: The Saatachi Gallery
• Author: Luc Tuymans

The paleness of the picture makes the viewer to intensify attention in order to examine better what is painted here. It seems that the picture is glowing, giving off some illusive light, which makes the whole artwork look surreal. “Tuymans depicts everyday figures, architectural sites, and other ordinary subjects in his works” and that picture is not an exception. Luc Tuymans “chose the subject of still life precisely because it was utterly unremarkable”. The simplicity of the composition makes us think, that the painter wants to show us that the same simplicity can be found in real world. Looking at that seeming simple picture, you come to the conclusion that our life is burdened with a lot of insignificant things and our purpose is to get rid of them.

Bibliography

“Luc Tuymans,” Artnet, 2014. Web.

“Still Life,” The Saatchi Gallery, 2014. Web.