I am not sure what attracted me to this sculpture of a woman's head. It is much larger than normal size, for one. The other thing might be that I am looking at her in profile. But I have no idea what it means. For the last hour I have been looking up and reading reviews of exhibits by Thomas Schutte, and the meaning of much of his work is elusive, not only to me, but to professional curators. This is the third piece I have photographed from the MoMA show. I will give you these quotes: "Thomas Schutte is one of the most acclaimed artists of his generation, Schütte’s real and invented forms, often distorted and unsettling, explore themes of cultural memory, existential struggle, and human striving for an impossible utopian ideal." And this: "The German artist Thomas Schütte is arguably the finest figurative artist now working in Europe." And I love this quote: “What’s so great about the work is that there’s a lot I still don’t understand about it,” said Paulina Pobocha, the curator of Schütte’s MoMA survey. "That includes struggling to comprehend how such a range of art can come from one artist." So I will leave this as a mystery for you and that's OK because there are so many things in life we will never know. PLEASE click to enlarge this to full size and your sense of the piece will definitely change!
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
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2 comments:
Interesting comments about the artist. A mystery indeed. Joan
I like this woman’s head better than Vater Staat which is difficult to describe. Betsey
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