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A hardcover book titled Thomas Schütte lies at an angle on a white surface. The cover is designed to look like a red brick wall with white mortar lines, and the title is printed in a large, yellow serif font. The spine is also visible.
The back cover of a book designed to look like a textured red brick wall with white mortar. On the lower left, there is a block of text in German, with an ISBN barcode and a website address underneath. The book is shown upright against a plain white background.
An open hardcover art book on a white surface, displaying a two-page spread with photographs of artworks. The left page shows two images of paintings with vertical yellow and tan stripes alongside text. The right page features a large photo of a room-corner installation of several tall, striped panels.
An overhead shot of an open art book laid flat against a white background. The two-page spread displays four square, colorful illustrations, each numbered and captioned with the German word AUFZUG. The top-left image has a yellow background with red dots; the top-right is a portrait; the bottom-left is an abstract orange and yellow piece; and the bottom-right shows a leafy green plant.
An open art book displays a photograph of a large sculpture in a gallery. The artwork is a multi-tiered, clover-shaped platform made of rusted steel. Small bronze figures of people stand on the different levels, connected by staircases, with a larger bronze monument on the highest tier.
A two-page spread from a book. The left page has a color portrait of an older man with glasses wearing a dark blazer, sitting at a table with his hands folded. The right page shows the table of contents in German, with the heading Inhalt, listing various chapters, author names, and page numbers against a plain white background.
A two-page spread from a book in German with the title Alles in Ordnung. The pages contain an essay and three images of artwork by Thomas Schütte: one shows the phrase ALLES IN ORDNUNG painted on a bedroom wall, another is a floor plan of a room, and the third shows the phrase written in white on a blue surface.
A two-page spread from an art book. On the left is a black-and-white photograph of artist Thomas Schütte in 1975, sitting in front of his large-scale artwork. On the right is a full-color detail shot of the artwork, titled Amerika, showing a heavily worked surface of dark gray pencil on crumpled paper.
A two-page book spread in German about the company Schwäbisch Hall. The left page shows the company's logo, slogan, and a photo of its modern office building. The right page displays an artwork of four dark red rectangular panels on a white wall, arranged in the shape of the logo.
A page from a catalog or book. On the top left are two action figures, one of Spock from Star Trek and one of Princess Leia from Star Wars. Below them is a grid of six identically framed artworks. The small, colorful paintings appear to be set designs for a theater production and feature surreal scenes with German words like ACHTUNG and FREIHEIT.
An open art catalog spread. A large close-up photo shows a gray concrete wall decorated with a scattered pattern of small, metallic rings in shades of gold and silver. A smaller inset image in the top right corner shows a wider view of the installation on a curved wall within a modern, sunlit room with large windows.
A modern art installation in a minimalist gallery with a grey floor and stairs in the background. The installation consists of numerous large, black, lemon-shaped ceramic sculptures scattered across the floor, with a mix of glossy and matte finishes.
An open art book displays several mixed-media sculptures of stylized human figures on wooden bases. The largest image shows two figures tied together; one has a blue face and a white hat, while the other is wrapped in a yellow-and-white striped towel. Two smaller images on the left show other multi-headed figures wrapped in towels and cloth.
A two-page spread from an art book. The right page shows a large photo of three humanoid sculptures made of polished, coiled aluminum, standing on a wooden floor in a gallery. One figure is bent over, while two stand behind it. The left page features German text and three smaller photos of similar sculptures.
A two-page spread from an art book showing nine prints arranged in a three-by-three grid. The artworks are part of a series and depict stylized, abstract female figures and nudes in a variety of colors, including pink, blue, orange, and black, on cream-colored paper.
A two-page art catalog spread featuring a ceramic sculpture. On the left is a macro shot of the sculpture's surface, showing a glossy, textured coral glaze with bright blue filling the deep crevices and wrinkles. On the right is a full view of the artwork: a stylized bust of a person's head and shoulders, with the same coral and blue finish, displayed on a black cylindrical pedestal against a light gray background.
Thomas Schütte
€ 58.00
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Designed by: Joseph Logan
Edited by: Paulina Pobocha
September 2024, 224 Pages, 400 colored photos
Hardcover
247mm x 312mm
ISBN: 978-3-7757-5851-2

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Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
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Highlights from an impressive career
From a single potato chip on a matchbox to larger-than-life figurative sculptures polished to a gleam, Thomas Schütte's category-defying oeuvre gives form to the incongruencies of the world we inhabit. The Düsseldorf-based sculptor, draftsman, model maker, and sometime architect Thomas Schütte works in scales ranging from small to monumental. Rooted in minimal and conceptual art, his work addresses history, art history, modes of meaning, and how art can function in the world. This eponymous monograph presents a holistic overview of his career from 1975 to the present. Taking aesthetics, form, and history as its focus, the publication features over 100 sculptures, drawings, prints, and experiments in architecture, alongside revelatory archival materials published for the first time. Essays by Paulina Pobocha, Jennifer Allen and André Rottmann provide historical and theoretical pathways into the complexity of Schütte's oeuvre, and contributions by artists Marlene Dumas and Charles Ray reflect on Schütte's significance through close readings of his work.

Thomas Schütte (*1954) has been one of the most renowned German artists since the 1980s. After studying at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Gerhard Richter and Fritz Schwegler, he has repeatedly taken part in both the documenta and the SkulpturProjekte in Münster since 1987. In 2005, he was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale. Since 2016, the Thomas Schütte Foundation has been running the Skulpturenhalle near Neuss, an exhibition venue built according to a model by the artist.
EXHIBITION 

The Museum of Modern Art, New York 

September 29, 2024 - January 18, 2025
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