Citrons (2008) Painting by Tâm Luu Van

Produced in 2008, this work reveals the painter's multiple researches. The frontal vision, the almost non-existent perspective, a composition which seems centered at first glance, but which in reality is not. The space of the canvas is based on strong color contrasts (the complementary yellow / purple), which the painter works in different ways: in paste, drips, glazes, ... The experiments on the material are rich and varied, the painter makes them coexist and manages to draw from them a singular work. The central composition is subtly adjusted towards the lower left corner, thanks in particular to a stain of red and the purplish blue in paste. While the violets on the plate are applied as a light glaze, this sudden material, moreover darker, brings a weight that is enough to shift the stability of the too central composition. Discreetly signed "Tam", it is probably a major work of the painter's youth.

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