In the autumn of 2001 white cube Hoxton Square in London exhibited a series of eight paintings by luc tuymans entitled The Rumour. in this page there are also images of prints that derived from these eight previous paintings. Actually, transforming panting into printing is a usual working method for himself.

 

By collecting and juxtaposing several images the content of the individual images can be reconsidered, as well as the psychological relations between the depicted subjects.During his youth tuymans has been taken on a holiday to historic Brittany, a Region in northwestern France famous for its many chateaus and fortified towns that date back to the twelfth century. During one of these trips , Tuymans became fascinated with the chateaus dovecotes, unusually large structures that housed pigeons for food or as sport hunting quarry. He was told at the time that pigeon keeping was a privilege restricted to the nobility and that the size of a dovecote corresponded to the size and prestige of the estate.