Thomas Schütte: Genealogies

The Pinault Collection holds some 50 sculptures by Thomas Schütte, an artist known for his exaggerated, sometimes grotesque depictions of the human face and body. It is displaying these works, alongside loans from the artist and some 100 works on paper, in a show that traces certain tendencies in Schütte’s work, particularly his approach to depicting men and women and his more architectural sensibilities (6 April–23 November). Visitors can get a sense of the variety of Schütte’s practice, which draws on diverse materials, is realised at very different scales and includes conjoined heads, standing figures and busts that seem imposing at first but often carry a hint of the satirical. The exhibition covers some of the same ground as the retrospective that ended earlier this year at MoMA, but the space it gives to Schütte’s works on paper brings us closer to the artist’s process.

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Blues Men (2018), Thomas Schütte. Pinault Collection. Photo: Nicholas Knight; courtesy the artist and Peter Freeman, Inc. New York/Paris; © Thomas Schütte, by SIAE 2024

Glaskopf A, Nr. 10 (2013), Thomas Schütte. Pinault Collection. Photo: Francesco Allegretto; courtesy the artist and Peter Freeman, Inc. New York/Paris; © Thomas Schütte, by SIAE 2024

Efficiency Men (2005), Thomas Schütte. Pinault Collection. Photo: Fulvio Orsenigo; © Palazzo Grassi; © Thomas Schütte, by SIAE 2024