"Thomas Schutte: In Medias Res".DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS For ignorant Americans, a loose translation: in the thick of it. Having tackled the theater and memory in two previous Dia installations, Thomas Schutte's closing act in this tripartite retrospective addresses the body, the stuff of life (and art). To partner his familiar Michelin men, the artist here sends out female figures cast in metal, along with two large ceramic heads recalling gargoyles Gargoyle - A language for compiler writing. [J.V. Garwick, CACM 7(1):16-20, (Jan 1964)]., free-form ceramic vessels, and lots of work on paper. Recently, Schutte has returned to traditional sculptural genres, if only to depart again from them. A real presence Real Presence, expression of the belief among certain Christians, especially Roman Catholics and some Anglicans, that the actual presence of the body and blood of Jesus is in the Eucharist. Saints Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus wrote of the bread and wine of the Eucharist as the actual body and blood of Christ. In the 4th cent. the focus shifted to the substantial transformation of the elements; by the 7th cent. in Germany, his art is a little less effable than some might like; but that looseness is precisely what intrigues Schutte admirers. Sept. 16, 1999-February 2000. |
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