Michaël Borremans. Whistling a Happy Tune - Michael Amy
Drawings / Tekeningen
KORTE INHOUD
This monograph offers the first survey of Belgian painter Michaël Borremans' drawings. Like the paintings, the drawings favor absurd fragmentary figures that inhabit an indeterminate time. Because of Borremans' drab palate, these figures dwell in a gloomy universe that only heightens the uncanny subject matter. Critic David Coggins has noted, "Michaël Borremans' portraits of somber young men, elusively posed before muted backgrounds, create a tone of uncertainty that becomes a virtue, not an evasion. Workin...

