Dimensions: image: 640 x 950 mm
Copyright: © Thomas Schütte, DACS 2014 | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This photograph presents two sculptural heads by Thomas Schütte. Their marbled surfaces, one in blues and the other in yellows, give them an otherworldly feel, almost like alien busts. What do you make of this unsettling pair? Curator: Unsettling is spot on! They feel like figures plucked from a half-remembered dream. Schütte often explores vulnerability through distorted forms. I wonder, are they confronting each other, or locked in their own solipsistic worlds? The lighting adds to the drama, doesn't it? Editor: It does! The deep shadows definitely heighten that sense of isolation. I hadn't considered that they could be trapped within themselves. Curator: Exactly! Art invites us to project our own anxieties. It's like looking in a mirror, but the reflection is slightly…off. Editor: I think I'll be seeing these heads in my dreams tonight. Thanks for shedding some light on them! Curator: My pleasure! Art is always a journey, a conversation. Keep questioning, keep feeling.