Thomas Schutte Ceramics

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.

Thomas schutte ceramics.

In addition to sculptures in bronze steel and glass the exhibition of the artist who lives in düsseldorf also presents colored ceramics including recently created women s heads the large format portrait busts of i iv ghost heads and a group of garden gnomes created in 2016. He sculpts creates architectural designs and draws. 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. If there s a place left in this world for big brooding yet resolutely nuanced artworks then thomas schütte has found it.

Although schütte has returned to portraiture throughout his career this was the first exhibition dedicated entirely to these pioneering works. Thomas schutte selected works 24 january. Artist thomas schütte showcased key sculptural photographic and painted portraits at the serpentine gallery. Instead he prefers to return to previous themes motifs and forms in order to further develop and transform them.

Thomas schütte b 1954 ceramic sketch stamped 201198 on the side glazed ceramic 11 x 13 1 8 x 7 5 8in. Thomas schütte born november 16 1954 is a german contemporary artist. His looming bronzes and ceramics are complex characters like hybrids of giacometti s elegiac wanderers and willem grimm s fairy tale ghouls. 28 7 x 33 2 x 19 5cm executed in 1997 1999.