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Dana Schutz — Seeing the Future (Blue Sweater)
Dana Schutz

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

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

November 14, 2014

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Dana Schutz, 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
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Figurative Painting, Psychological Mood, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Blue Tones, 21st Century, Portrait, Distorted Figure, Female Artist, Neo-Expressionism, Oil on Canvas

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