Marlene Dumas, Hans Holbein and The Erotic Gaze
I use the human figure and the face as my main subjects
Marlene Dumas
South African-Dutch artist known for expressive portraits and paintings exploring emotion, suffering, and ambiguity.
All moments: Marlene Dumas
- About Her Work and the Show at Fondation Beyeler — Marlene Dumas
Painting is a very slow art. It doesn't travel with the speed of a light. That's why dead painters shine so bright
- Lecture by Marlene Dumas — Marlene Dumas
The main words I would use are 'ambiguity', 'suggestion' and 'association'
- What the Art?! - Marlene Dumas — Marlene Dumas
No painting can exist without the tension of what it figures and what it concretely consists of
- At the Munch Museum - Artist Talk — Marlene Dumas
I have always been interested in how you can depict suffering without being heavy-handed
- In Conversation with the Artist — Marlene Dumas
Painting doesn't freeze time. It circulates and recycles time like a wheel that turns
- On Rejects — Marlene Dumas
My best works are erotic displays of mental confusions (with intrusions of irrelevant information)
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