Expo: Thomas Schutte

München until 6/9/2009Haus der Kunst  Prinzregentenstrasse 1 D An overview of his multi-facetted creativity The Düsseldorf artist Thomas Schütte (*1954) has an impressive repertory of different themes and forms of expression at his disposal. Internationally he is considered to occupy one of the most important artistic positions in Germany. Schütte participated in Documenta in Kassel three times; in 2005, he was awarded the Golden Lion for best artist at the Venice Biennial.  This exhibition now provides an overview of his multi-facetted creativity with works dating from the 1980s to today. Thomas Schütte became known for his architectural models the size of tables, however, the exhibition also includes his photographs, installations and watercolours, as well as examples from key sculpture series such as ‘Frauen’ [women] and ‘Große geister’ [big spirits]. The media Thomas Schütte works in, is as varied as the subject matters are elementary and familiar, forming the basis of his artworks: human relationships, topics such as vulnerability and isolation, love, happiness and loss. Thereby, the artist continually manages to create touching as well as critical images for contents of such complexity. (Image: Innocenti)