Thomas Schütte

by Thomas Schütte

German 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714837148
• ISBN13: 9780714837147
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.9" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary