I LOVE PAINTING! Maybe this is not so much of a secret if you’ve been following Beautiful/Decay for a while– but every time I see a Dana Schutz painting I just want to scream out…..”I LOVE PAINTING!” Dana’s a painter’s painter. A painter whose techincal chops rivals only her bizarre imagination and quirky themes. A painter who’s willing to take risks and use bold color with no fear. Unfortunately for me, Dana doesn’t currently show her work in LA. So, it was a great treat to get a copy of her fantastic new monograph today, released by art publishing hereos Rizzoli.
Rizzoli has to be one of my favorite art publishers to date. They always release monographs on the best artists of our generation. And Dana Schutz’s book is no exception: it’s filled with over 200 pages of work and essays documenting her artistic evolution. If you’re a fan of Dana, or of painting in general, you need to add this book to your collection. I guarantee it won’t disappoint!
Excellent post, Dana is awesome!
Good painter though does an artist barely into mid-30s really deserve a major monograph? Apparently the recession has taught us nothing. Her work is very one liner, very hit and miss..let’s be honest some of these are just awful technically and conceptually and this whole idea of making up some complete random reason to make a painting and making a painting of it seems a bit strange to be considered genius.
I love Dana Schutz’s work! The distortions are intentional, and I love what she’s referencing. In the chess painting I can definitely see the Kandinsky influence. I think I’m too in love to see any fault in what she does, though.