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The uncanny eloquence of silence

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Luc Tuzmans, eden najvidnejših sodobnih slikarjev, v svojem umetniškem delovanju izpričuje izjemno oseben pristop, saj so njegove slike določene z nekontinuirano, fragmentarno naracijo. Na slikah so izolirani posamezni detajli (predmeti, interierji, obrazi), ki šele ob poglobljenem preučevanju kontekstualnih povezav teh fragmentov gledalcu prezentirajo izjemno bogato in pomensko nasičeno metaforiko. Za njegova dela je značilna izolacija fragmenta, ki je v marsičem blizu Freudovemu konceptu "das Unheimliche", pri katerem nas vsakdanji objekt ali interier ob natančnejšem posvečanju celoti, iz katere je iztrgan, sooči z nekoliko "grozljivo" pripovedjo, bodisi o nacizmu, kolonialni preteklosti ali bolezni.The art of Luc Tuymans, one of the best known contemporary painters, is marked by a highly personal approach. His paintings are mostly characterised by fragmentary, discontinued narration which isolates certain details (interiors, faces, objects .). The viewer can unravel their complex metaphorical meanings only through a close examination of their contextual connotations. This isolation of a fragment, one of the most typical proceduresin his paintings, invites comparison with Freud\u27s concept of das Unheimliche, where a mundane fragment confronts us with an ćunheimlichć background narrative, be it Nayism, the colonial past, or disease

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