{"product_id":"luc-tuymans-birds-of-a-feather-hardcover","title":"Luc Tuymans: Birds of a Feather - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuc Tuymans\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eTommy Simoens\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWill Self\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book compiles the most recent work by Luc Tuymans (born 1958), one of Belgium's most eminent painters. Accompanying a 2015 exhibition, \u003ci\u003eLuc Tuymans: Birds of a Feather\u003c\/i\u003e, it shows the artist's fascination with the Scottish Enlightenment and its thinkers, who believed in the ability of humans to shape their future rationally and whose influence extended as far as the US. Stimulated by a visit to the art collection of the University of Edinburgh, Tuymans created three small portraits of Scottish philosophers, originally painted by the 18th-century portrait artist Henry Raeburn. The theme of the Enlightenment is combined with menacing horror, such as in a monumental dark work, \"The Shore,\" which alludes to Goya's \u003ci\u003epinturas negras\u003c\/i\u003e, or in the portrait of the murderer and cannibal Issei Sagawa. Acclaimed British novelist Will Self provides a remarkable short story for the publication, while art critic Colin Chinnery contributes an explanatory essay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.5 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769679053088,"sku":"9789491819391","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ff0696165857838d913188c88fba6d01.webp?v=1780353243","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/luc-tuymans-birds-of-a-feather-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}