Description
Tuymans has a rare ability to make simple things feel charged. Vilnius (2024) presents an object that could be read as archival—an old telephone isolated, almost “preserved,” as if inside a display case. The palette is reduced to soft greys, cream and green-black; the edges hover, the surface looks fogged, and the scene becomes less about the object itself than about distance, memory, and how history gets mediated.
The image sits right in Tuymans’ territory: quiet, controlled, and psychologically loaded. What should be mundane turns uncanny. The telephone becomes a stand-in for communication lost, delayed, or controlled—an image that feels both intimate and institutional at the same time.
Printed as a ditone on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, the work leans into tonal nuance rather than contrast, giving the composition its characteristic “washed” atmosphere. Published by Texte Zur Kunst, this example is numbered 86/100 and signed on the verso—a refined, museum-context edition with strong contemporary presence.
Details
Artist: Luc Tuymans
Title: Vilnius
Year: 2024
Technique: ditone print
Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag
Sheet size: 53 × 50 cm
Edition: 86/100
Markings: signed & numbered on the verso
Publisher: Texte Zur Kunst
Framing: unframed
