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tell their own stories. Avoiding certain fxed positions is important to me, avoiding being too classical or too predictable. . .That the works lead to essential questions is important” (Thomas Schütte, quoted in “Interview with Julian Lingwood”, Thomas Schütte, London, 1998, p. 22). With his characteristically critical reassessment of the fgurative traditions in art, Schütte here transforms the mythological hero associated with the grand sculptural tradition
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into a more complex character by evoking a range of fgures from popular culture. As Quinn Latimer has observed of this series, “Melty, molten. . .fgures evince both menace and levity: part Darth Vader, part Pillsbury Doughboy. Outsized, they put the viewer at a disadvantage, an auspicious start to Schütte’s lecture on power relations” (Quinn Latimer, “Thomas Schütte: Haus Der Kunst”, Frieze Magazine, October 2009, online).
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