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Tal R (b. 1967)
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oil, crayon, paper and pasteboard on canvas
98¾ x 98¾in. (250 x 250cm.)
Executed in 2002

Provenance

Victoria Miro Gallery, London.

Exhibited

London, Victoria Miro Gallery, The Lords of Kolbojnik, 2003 (illustrated, unpaged).
London, Saatchi Gallery, The Triumph of Painting, 2005.

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Lot Essay

'Painting is a zombie medium. As a painter you are a little bit like a guy showing up in a tiger suit at a techno party. So your dress code is outdated, but you might still have the best moves on the dance floor.
Personally speaking, painting is a language through which I can get a lot of experience both in and out. But to tell you the truth, it is a complicated medium, it is and remains a puzzle to me. It is not a necessary medium anymore, but somehow so many people still keep on painting. Then again, it suits me and I like the flatness of a surface. I desperately need that flatness to tell my stories, because otherwise they are too weird and unfocused'
(Tal R., quoted in Stop for a Moment Painting as Presence, Turcu, Win Aaltonen Museum of Art, 2002).

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