Marlene Dumas: The Image As Burden at Tate Modern

1,493 views · Published 8 February 2015 · 11:38 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: The Art Channel · 2015 · Education

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Tate Modern is now showing a large range of work made by the South African and Dutch painter, Marlene Dumas. Often using a saturated technique that disperses diluted ink and paint, her paintings are created by using found photographs rather than life models, producing images rich in mood and psychological insight.

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