MICHAËL BORREMANS | Thunder

Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Acquired from the above by the present owner in September 2006

This work is in excellent condition overall. The painted canvas wraps around the left edge. There is evidence of wear in the bottom two corners. There are various scattered embedded paint bristles, inherent to the artist's working method. Under very close inspection and raking light, there is faint stable hairline craquelure in the red passages of the figure's proper left shoulder. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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"His paintings depict figures frozen mid gesture, seemingly swaying or dancing to unheard music or engaging in some sinister ritual. They are unsettling, eluding comprehension. The painted figure is beside the point, more absent than present, an object to be posed and deciphered like a riddle." Natalie King and Diana d'Arenberg, "Michaël Borremans in Conversation," Ocula, 17 April 2018