
Seeing the Future (Blue Sweater)
Dana Schutz's characteristically frenetic brushwork animates this oil painting, in which a figure appears consumed by the act of peering forward into the unknown, their blue sweater rendered in swirling, compressed planes of color. The composition pulses with Schutz's signature blend of humor and unease, distorting the human form into something simultaneously familiar and grotesque. Flesh, fabric, and space collapse together in a dense tangle of paint, suggesting the disorienting, almost violent experience of trying to glimpse what lies ahead.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
November 14, 2014
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