Michaël Borremans
The Gap
2001
Michaël Borremans' 'The Gap' employs oil paint on cardboard to explore themes of absence and separation. The unconventional support adds texture and materiality to the work's conceptual concerns.
- Medium
- oil on cardboard
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
June 28, 2019
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‘We are conditioned to read images in a certain way and if the image is not explaining, then you need an explanation. But that’s not what my work is meant for… I only build with the stones that are lying there. I have no idea what the purpose of my work could be.’ – Michaël Borremans
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