Thomas Schütte | "Olga's Wallpaper", 1997 | (for Parkett 47)
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Parkett Vol. 47
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“Thomas Schütte’s oeuvre possesses a rare quality: It is contemporary without being modernist. It possesses subjectivity, but a subjectivity devoid of egoism. It possesses versatility of expression along with the rigor of a program it sometimes hides and sometimes reveals. Schütte’s concern is the representation of the human condition as it is right now. But what fascinates me is the fact that he is not interested in either a utopian or a catastrophic future, or why he doesn’t drift into golden ages located in some imaginary past. Schütte is a realist: He represents what he sees using materials directly linked to that vision, materials anchored in the literalness of the image.”
Bartomeu Mari, Parkett No. 47, 1996
"Olga's Wallpaper", 1997/1997 (for Parkett 47)
Lithograph, stone-pulled, 5 colors,
printed by Felix Bauer, Cologne,
on handmade Indian Vellum, 250g/m2,
40 1/8 x 27” (101,5 x 68,4 cm),
Ed. 60/XX, signed and numbered
Last few remaining.
Read a Parkett text on Thomas Schütte
Parkett Vol. 47
Quote from Parkett
“Thomas Schütte’s oeuvre possesses a rare quality: It is contemporary without being modernist. It possesses subjectivity, but a subjectivity devoid of egoism. It possesses versatility of expression along with the rigor of a program it sometimes hides and sometimes reveals. Schütte’s concern is the representation of the human condition as it is right now. But what fascinates me is the fact that he is not interested in either a utopian or a catastrophic future, or why he doesn’t drift into golden ages located in some imaginary past. Schütte is a realist: He represents what he sees using materials directly linked to that vision, materials anchored in the literalness of the image.”
Bartomeu Mari, Parkett No. 47, 1996
"Olga's Wallpaper", 1997/1997 (for Parkett 47)
Lithograph, stone-pulled, 5 colors,
printed by Felix Bauer, Cologne,
on handmade Indian Vellum, 250g/m2,
40 1/8 x 27” (101,5 x 68,4 cm),
Ed. 60/XX, signed and numbered
Last few remaining.
Read a Parkett text on Thomas Schütte
Parkett Vol. 47
Quote from Parkett
“Thomas Schütte’s oeuvre possesses a rare quality: It is contemporary without being modernist. It possesses subjectivity, but a subjectivity devoid of egoism. It possesses versatility of expression along with the rigor of a program it sometimes hides and sometimes reveals. Schütte’s concern is the representation of the human condition as it is right now. But what fascinates me is the fact that he is not interested in either a utopian or a catastrophic future, or why he doesn’t drift into golden ages located in some imaginary past. Schütte is a realist: He represents what he sees using materials directly linked to that vision, materials anchored in the literalness of the image.”
Bartomeu Mari, Parkett No. 47, 1996
"Olga's Wallpaper", 1997/1997 (for Parkett 47)
Lithograph, stone-pulled, 5 colors,
printed by Felix Bauer, Cologne,
on handmade Indian Vellum, 250g/m2,
40 1/8 x 27” (101,5 x 68,4 cm),
Ed. 60/XX, signed and numbered
Last few remaining.
Artist Document
With this letter Thomas Schütte sent the first proof for "Olga's Wallpaper" and mentions various elements for printing and reproducing his edition in Parkett 47.
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Parkett Cover
Thomas Schütte’s cover for Parkett no. 47 alongside Raymond Pettibon and Tony Oursler
