{"product_id":"michael-borremans-fire-from-the-sun","title":"Michaël Borremans: Fire from the Sun","description":"Known for his ability to recall classical painting, both through technical  mastery and subject matter, Borremans's depiction of the uncanny, the  perhaps secret, the bizarre, often surprises, sometimes disturbs the viewer.  In this series of work, children are presented alone or in groups against a  studio-like backdrop that negates time and space, while underlining the  theatrical atmosphere and artifice that exists throughout Borremans's recent  work. Reminiscent of cherubs in Renaissance paintings, the toddlers appear  as allegories of the human condition, their archetypal innocence contrasted  with their suggested deviousness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In his accompanying essay, critic and curator Michael Bracewell takes  an in-depth look into specific paintings, tackling both the highly charged  subject matter and the masterly command of the medium. He writes, \"The  art of Michaël Borremans seems always to have been predicated on a  confluence of enigma, ambiguity, and painterly poetics-accosting beauty  with strangeness; making historic Romanticism subjugate to mysterious  controlling forces that are neither crudely malevolent nor necessarily benign.\"  Published on the occasion of Borremans's eponymous exhibition at David  Zwirner in Hong Kong, this publication is available in both English only and  English and Traditional Chinese editions.","brand":"David Zwirner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42665087795236,"sku":"9781941701836","price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9781941701836.jpg?v=1774922439","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/michael-borremans-fire-from-the-sun","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}