Michaël Borremans: Fire from the Sun (Spotlight)

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Is Royal Mail plotting a 25 per cent rise in cost of second-class stamps? Campaigners fear price could hit 94p next year Michaël Borremans: The Advantage, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo [catalogue] (solo exhibition)

Michaël Borremans (Belgian, b.1963) is a prominent Contemporary painter, whose surreal paintings are known for their unnerving imagery, fluid brushwork, and photographic space. Borremans takes many of the photos from which his paintings are derived, and also works in film. He studied photography at the College of Arts and Sciences Saint Luke in Ghent, and later began exploring drawing and painting, which was eventually discovered by Flemish painter Jan Van Imschoot. Balenciaga has taken a hit yet again over photographs from an axed ad campaign that shows a book featuring a Belgian artist whose work includes depictions of castrated toddlers.A vote for Nigel Farage's lot would put Starmer in No 10, warns Rishi Sunak... but he admits he's 'too busy' to watch the former UKIP leader on I'm A Celeb ii Michael Borremans, quoted in: David Coggins, ‘Michael Borremans: An Interview’, Art in America, 1 March 2009, online

Borremans, 59, is an acclaimed Belgian painter and filmmaker who was born in Geraardsbergen and lives and works in Ghent.

In 2011, Michaël Borremans: Eating the Beard, a comprehensive solo show, was presented at the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, and traveled to the Műcsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, and the Kunsthalle Helsinki. In 2010, the artist had a solo exhibition at the Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo, as well as commissioned work on view at the Royal Palace in Brussels. Other venues that have hosted solo exhibitions include the Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany (2009); de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam (2007); Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent (2005; traveled to Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London; and Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin); Cleveland Museum of Art (2005); Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Germany (2004); and the Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel (2004). Before finding success as an artist, he worked as a teacher at the Stedelijk Secundair Kunstinstituut Gent (Secondary Municipal Art Institute of Ghent). a b "Balenciaga under fire again as 'disturbing' Michael Borremans book spotted in ad". HITC. 24 November 2022 . Retrieved 30 November 2022. There is a dialogue in your paintings with artists such as Goya, Velázquez and Manet, for example. What is it about these artists that appeals to you?