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THIS SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS WAS TAKEN BEFORE LUC TUYMANS’ EXHIBITION ‘THE RUMOUR’ AT WHITE CUBE. I WAS STILL CONTINUING THE IDEA OF FOCUSING ON THE SUBJECT’S SUBJECT (IN THIS CASE HIS PAINTINGS) EXPLORED THROUGHOUT THE FIG-1 PORTRAITS. TUYMANS LOOKED STUNNING IN A BEAUTIFUL BLACK SUIT AND I WAS IMMEDIATELY INTERESTED IN HIS SILHOUETTE AND HIS HAGGARD ELEGANCE. HE HAD WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AS A NIGHTCLUB BOUNCER IN TIMES LESS PROSPEROUS, AND RATHER LIKE ROBERT RYMAN WORKING AS A MUSEUM WARDEN AT THE MET, THIS PART OF HIS LIFE CLEARLY INFORMED HIS WORK. AN ESSENTIAL PART OF IT, YOU COULD SAY, JUST STANDING THERE.