On the occasion of receiving the Max-Beckmann-Stiftungsprofessur (do not ask) at the Staedel Academy, Luc Tuymans honored us by giving a lecture here in Frankfurt. The room was full as Tuymans speech, which was accompanied by an interesting picture show, streched and streched and wrapped itself around time. Having listened to him before I am still not sure if I was witness of a), b) or c) – but everybody clapped gratiously at the end – while I guarantee that only the fewest understood what the hell he was talking about – or was NOT talking about.
I was sitting in the second row and … could not resist taking a set of pictures – it was just too welcoming! And he took it gracefully, even though the red light of my autofocus must have caught his eye (yeah, that evil point&shoot camera again).
