9780714837147: Thomas Schütte
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{"authorDescription":"Survey by Julian Heynen, Interview by James Lingwood, Focus by Angela Vettese, Artist's Choice text by Seneca, Writings by Thomas Schütte","bookshot2d":null,"bookshot3d":null,"bookshot3dSquare":null,"categories":[],"date":"","editionId":10865,"guid":"4bb26d52-2f69-48a5-aade-3f2b73da0475","images":[],"markets":{"AUD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"55.00","show":false},"CAD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"59.95","show":false},"EUR":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"39.95","show":false},"GBP":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"27.95","show":false},"TEST":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"0.00","show":false},"USD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"45.00","show":false}},"related":[],"sku":"9780714837147","source":"BOOKs","specifications":{"binding":"Paperback","colIlls":"120","extent":"160","language":"English","lenInch":"11 3/8","lenMm":"290","weightKilo":"0.99","widthInch":"9 7/8","widthMm":"250"},"status":false,"subtitle":"","title":"Thomas Schütte","uri":"","webAuthorDescription":"\u003cp\u003eJulian Heynen is Director of Exhibitions at the Krefeld Art Museums and presented Schütte's first museum show in 1986. Heynen writes extensively on modern and contemporary art.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Lingwood is a writer and curator of Schütte's first survey exhibition in Britain. He is Co-Director of Artangel, London, and his many publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Epic and the Everyday\u003c/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eRachel Whiteread's House\u003c/i\u003e (Phaidon, 1995) and \u003ci\u003eJuan Muñoz, Monologues and Dialogues \u003c/i\u003e(1996). \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAngela Vettese is a Milan-based critic and curator. She is Professor of Art History at the Carrera Academy in Bergamo. Her many catalogue texts include \u003ci\u003ePiero Manzoni \u003c/i\u003e(1994) and \u003ci\u003eJohn Cage\u003c/i\u003e (1993), and she is the author of \u003ci\u003eCapire l'arte\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci\u003econtemporanea\u003c/i\u003e (1996). \u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","webDescription":"","webKeywords":"","webLongDescription":"\u003cp\u003eGerman artist Thomas Schütte (b.1954) is concerned with models for living, rules for making art and, in turn, the failed flights of these systems and aspirations. Schütte's art looks utilitarian - offering shelter, sustenance and companionship - but delivers false promises and alien worlds such as his museum that incinerates art, potatoes made of bronze and the artist's vision of humanity as tiny wooden audiences, two-headed hybrids or giant robotic figures. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchütte's sculptures vary in scale from giant candy-coloured fruits to miniature fairy-tale buildings. The artist manipulates size, materials and subject matter with astounding versatility and dexterity, perpetually shifting scales so that the viewer is immersed in a series of poetic yet dysfunctional utopias. He has also constructed a series of architectural models of institutions and monuments whose eclectic array of building typologies suggest de Chirico-like metaphysical spaces. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchütte's sculptures, installations, photographs and watercolours have been exhibited in museums and galleries as well as in public commissions throughout Europe and America. This book, which accompanied the first major survey of Schütte's work in Britain (Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1998) remains the essential monograph on the work of this enigmatic and extraordinary artist. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJulian Heynen, Director of Exhibitions at the Krefeld Art Museums, who curated Schütte's first museum exhibition in 1986, charts a topography of media and subject matter in the artist's work. James Lingwood, Co-Director of Artangel, London, and curator of the 1998 Schütte survey at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, speaks with the artist about the development of his practice and his relationship to European sculptural traditions in a German context. Italian art critic and curator Angela Vettese focuses on the artist's contribution to the 1997 Skulptur Projekte in Munster, \u003cem\u003eKirschensaule (Cherry Column)\u003c/em\u003e. Schütte has selected a passage by the Roman philosopher and statesman Seneca from 'De Vita Beata' on the paths of happiness. The artist's own writings are represented by a bedtime story, a fantastical allegory of the art world and its unexpected sequel.\u003c/p\u003e","webReviews":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;An illuminating book.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;A substantial monograph on one of Germany's most prominent artists.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eThe Art Book\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the \u003cem\u003eContemporary Artists Series\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;The boldest, best executed, and most far-reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary art. These books will revolutionize the way contemporary art is presented and written about.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eArtforum\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;The combination of intelligent analysis, personal insight, useful facts and plentiful pictures is a superb format invaluable for specialists but also interesting for casual readers, it makes these books a must for the library of anyone who cares about contemporary art.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;A unique series of informative monographs on individual artists.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Gives the reader the impression of a personal encounter with the artists. Apart from the writing which is lucid and illuminating, it is undoubtedly the wealth of lavish illustrations which makes looking at these books a satisfying entertainment.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eThe Art Book\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","webShortDescription":"A monograph on one of Germany's most significant contemporary sculptors. "}