It is still very hard for me to say whether I like Luc Tuymans' paintings or dislike them. The context he has in his painting, which is one's personhood is only steady in a single day, is quite interesting too me. I found it is very easy to relate to for a lot of people. However, if only looking at his paintings, I probably wouldn't think he would be as famous an artist as he is right now.
It is also pretty hard for me to specifically say that there is any one painting that I really liked in his show in MCA. They all are little too grey for my personal taste. The sizes vary very differently, which remind me of what young art school students would do. There is almost a lack of development in his paintings. I always find myself somehow wanting to see some more in his paintings. But it seems like there is just not much there. Though I am aware of the special moods those colors in the paintings are creating, which is not totally irrelevant. I just can't say I was really that into them.
However, I do notice that his paintings are holding a very special style--very European to me. There is this kind of European seriousness about life in there, since it held so much histories adn culture. It is not quite like the paintings that are done by American artists who are usually more relaxed, expressive and humrous in my opinion. There is this very ambigious feeling that generate from his paintings. If there is anything I like among the qualities in the paintings, this might be it.
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