Thomas Schutte Ceramics

Although schütte has returned to portraiture throughout his career this was the first exhibition dedicated entirely to these pioneering works.

Thomas schutte ceramics.

Instead he prefers to return to previous themes motifs and forms in order to further develop and transform them. Thomas schutte selected works 24 january. He sculpts creates architectural designs and draws. 28 7 x 33 2 x 19 5cm executed in 1997 1999.

Thomas schütte b 1954 ceramic sketch stamped 201198 on the side glazed ceramic 11 x 13 1 8 x 7 5 8in. It includes ceramics self portraits a series of watercolours entitled 24 portraits of women and photographs from the united enemies 1994 series together with wax models and ghost 1995 figures in pvc. He lives and works in düsseldorf. If there s a place left in this world for big brooding yet resolutely nuanced artworks then thomas schütte has found it.

His looming bronzes and ceramics are complex characters like hybrids of giacometti s elegiac wanderers and willem grimm s fairy tale ghouls. Artist thomas schütte showcased key sculptural photographic and painted portraits at the serpentine gallery. Anything is possible in thomas schütte s highly unique approach to art. One of the most important sculptors working today the german artist rejects the notion of repeating a style for the purpose of building a brand.