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Michiel Ceulers — Comment Tuer l’Amant de Sa Femme Quand on a Été Élevé Comme Moi dans La Tradition?
Michiel Ceulers

Comment Tuer l’Amant de Sa Femme Quand on a Été Élevé Comme Moi dans La Tradition?

2012

A raw and sardonic tension permeates this large-scale painting by Belgian artist Michiel Ceulers, where oil and spray paint collide in a layered visual dialogue that mirrors the work's darkly comedic title. Ceulers employs his signature blend of highbrow technique and street-inflected mark-making to explore the absurd contradictions of bourgeois propriety and primal impulse. The artist's handmade cardboard frame further blurs the boundary between fine art and disposable culture, reinforcing the work's irreverent interrogation of tradition and desire.

Medium
oil and spray paint on canvas, in artist's cardboard frame

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Michiel Ceulers, Comment Tuer l’Amant de Sa Femme Quand on a Été Élevé Comme Moi dans La Tradition?, 2012

A raw and sardonic tension permeates this large-scale painting by Belgian artist Michiel Ceulers, where oil and spray paint collide in a layered visual dialogue that mirrors the work's darkly comedic title. Ceulers employs his signature blend of highbrow technique and street-inflected mark-making to explore the absurd contradictions of bourgeois propriety and primal impulse. The artist's handmade cardboard frame further blurs the boundary between fine art and disposable culture, reinforcing the work's irreverent interrogation of tradition and desire.

Medium
oil and spray paint on canvas, in artist's cardboard frame
Year
2012
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dark, Bold, Conceptual, Mixed Media, Narrative, Modern, Provocative, Belgian, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary

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