Dana Schutz's most recent paintings and sculptures elicit strong emotional reactions, depicting allegorical scenes in which often ridiculous characters negotiate their subjectivity. Her large-scale paintings and sculptures portray tragicomic situations, inhabited by characters focused on self-preservation as they lean towards obscurity. With features reminiscent of masks—all jaws and noses—they appear, in groups and pairs, through the painterly atmosphere. Impressive, vivid, and enigmatic, her works convey tangible yet unexplainable tensions and ambiguities of human life.

Published on the occasion of the 2023 exhibition at David Zwirner, New York, this catalog includes an extensive essay by Jarrett Earnest, who documents Schutz's creative process as she creates her most ambitious sculpture to date, Sea Group. Earnest explores the interactions between Schutz's long-standing painting practice and her more recent engagement with sculpture, offering a fascinating reflection on the thematic explorations, artistic pursuit, and conceptual foundations of her work. The text is also accompanied by backstage photographs by Jason Schmidt, providing an intimate glimpse of the artist at work.

Pages: 206, Year of Publication: 0715, Dimensions: 27.3x27.3cm