“I think of colour as a material.” | Artist Dana Schutz | Louisiana Channel
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2023
- Meet American painter Dana Schutz and her fascinating universe of paintings in between abstraction and the concrete.
“When I was younger, I used to feel very hesitant to use the word expressionistic. But today, I would say the paintings are probably pretty expressionistic. And I don’t mean that their gestures are so much about me, but I feel like they are meant to express an idea, a feeling or just a way of being in the world.”
“A lot of times, a painting is about problems. I think that’s an interesting way to begin a painting - something that is either difficult to depict or the painting is itself talking about a problem. I don’t see that the painting offers a solution, but it’s a place where these problems can play out.”
“I feel like the paintings can sometimes be like people. You can have this exchange with them. I would never assume what a viewer should think or take away. I don’t have this clear sense of audience when I am painting. I just hope they can have their own sense of reality.”
Dana Schutz was born in 1976 in Livonia, Michigan. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio and her Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University, New York. Schutz is known for formally inventive canvases that combine figuration and abstraction to construct complex visual narratives, often depicting figures in seemingly impossible, enigmatic, or invented situations. Her expressive canvases convey emotions and psychological states of mind that reveal the complications, tensions, and ambiguities of contemporary life.
In February 2023, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark, opened “Between Us” - a major solo exhibition of Schutz’s work that subsequently will travel on to Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris. Previous solo museum exhibitions of Schutz’s work include “Eating Atom Bombs” held at the Transformer Station, Cleveland, Ohio (2018), which debuted a series of paintings by the artist; an exhibition of new work at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2017); a career survey at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (2015); and a comprehensive solo exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield, England (2013), that travelled to the Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (2014).
The artist’s work has been the subject of additional solo presentations at institutions worldwide, among them the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver (2012); Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Georgia (2011); Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2010); and Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy (2010). In 2006, the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, presented Dana Schutz: Paintings 2002-2005 which, later that same year, travelled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio. The artist’s first solo museum presentation was held in 2004 at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson Community College, Overland Park, Kansas.
Dana Schutz was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner at her studio in Brooklyn, New York. The conversation was recorded in September 2022.
Camera: Sean Hanley
Edited by: Jarl Therkelsen Kaldan
Produced by: Marc-Christoph Wagner
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2023
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*Watch our other video with Dana Schutz, in which she asks "how do you begin to depict a feeling?”*
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I like very much her phrase : “Art is powerfull when it feels real , not when it looks real.” ❤❤❤
Hers does neither
@@shakey3306 not for you.
I love humble artists who overflow with original talent. That's Dana. She has a great way of speaking and explaining the general direction of her work while still leaving things open to the viewer's interpretation. Some of her pieces seem so complex but she tries to whittle the story down into a couple of sentences to almost help you out if you can't find meaning on your own. And she speaks of her work in in the most pleasant and modest way. I doubt she knows just how great she is.
Her work is absolutely incredible as is she … her
visions and her use of colour is profound.
Eventually original - maybe - - but not initially.
Some of Dana's work, in my opinion, is the best art of today and has great historical significance.
Easily one of the greatest living painters. It's a privilege to hear this genius speak about her process and see the work develop like this.
I agree. She’s really good.
Genius at painting crap? sure
Finally some content on UA-cam about the creative process that features an actual artist that isn't just some content creator looking to hit it big disguised as an artist.
There's other on UA-cam. This channel isn't the only one.
@@LaoZi2023 Please let me know, what is the other UA-cam channel called?
@@renosance8941 , I’ll give you the best ones. Paul Ingbretson has probably the best channel in terms of professorial ability. He is a real professor at the Boston School of Art.
Then there are painters that offer content on how the masters painted, such as Drawing Art Academy,
Luis Borrero (This channel is a must!! He is probably my second favorite, neck and neck with Ingbretson!).
Cesar Cordova is Spanish, he and Luis Borrero do videos together, but sometimes you will need to hit the cc button to activate the English subtitles- he’s excellent.
Then there’s Stephen Bauman. A very good channel in painting and drawing.
And not to mention, Cesar Santos, another great channel on painting.
Here’s another great channel: Steven Zapata Art. He does some self-promotion stuff, but he also does have some useful content , as well. Some of his stuff is inspiring and philosophical, more than how to.
Also there is Stefan Baumann, not to be confused with Stephen Bauman, he’s a very successful artist and gives great video lessons on UA-cam.
Doug Levitt Fine Art, a great plain air and studio artist.
@@LaoZi2023 😳 You just have me a *_treasure chest_* to deep dive into... I can never thank you enough. Thanks a lot!
@@renosance8941 , I am glad I could be of service! Before i hit the canvas, I am watching Cesar Cordova now painting the hair and neck of a woman. It is in Spanish, and only Spanish subtitles, but I still get enough visual information to understand what he is doing. It also is good to see artists from different cultures working. It keeps the juices flowing.
I love her unique style of creating art, she's phenomenal.
I just saw her work today, for the first time. There’s nothing as cool as seeing new, great art for the first time.
Yeah, it's like being born
I love her passion about art - and her practice of being totally in the painting process. Color is a strong material and it can change the whole Space and truly it can change the Human Consciousness 🎵🎶🎨 and I totally agree that the colorfull expressionistic style is a strong way of communicating - and not only about the feelings of the artist but more about the atmosphere of a Space and an event. And in this way each painting is a unique expression.
I like how soft and non-judgmental her explanations are.
Yes, very humble, indeed, I agree. ;-) In reality, though, she is a truly GREAT artist...and, BIGTIME!!! Which is why she was able to make it ever so, successfully, up the 'famous' artists names ladder...when so many thousands/hundreds of thousands/maybe, millions...did NOT. Most artists names we never ever heard of...; and, frankly, never ever will do, neither...; it's like they don't even exist.
Dana, your work is wonderful!
I remember seeing her shows in the early otts in NY with painter friends, we were all excited to see such good robust painting in the galleries (there wasn’t much of it then). What an inspiration for younger artists!
aughts, just sayin.
Paintings give and intimate exchange, unpredictable. Expressionist and colorful is a great description of your work. So good you began sculpting. Large painting in the back is phenomenal!
Incredible work...brilliant sculptures as well !
Love hearing the artists speak about her process and seeing it worked out on canvas and then translated in a new medium for her work with sculpture.
It's very good
As an artist i can relate to every word and image, thanks Dana. i'm enjoying starting out painting in a small studio in New Orleans, but definitely dream down the line of the Brooklyn space I'm seeing here. Amazing.
I want to make and show paintings in New Orleans. I imagine it often. One day.
Eye live in NOLA 😩
eye relaaaaate native intel!
Aho!
Be well 🙏🏿
Love her relationship with her practice, and the humble confidence with which she speaks of her work.
Really enjoyed seeing these paintings and liked hearing from the artist
I just picked up one of her books. It was great hearing her speak. Thanks!
Dana Schutz you got paint on everything. I love your ocd neat work area. ❤❤
She is a standout fabulous artist with integrity and huge insight and talent
I love her paintings. Trying to absorb her vibe for my next painting this weekend, hopefully
Love her and her paintings. She is a force of nature. xoxo from Keith and Andrew
Dana, you are great artist...
Very nice artwork...artlife always i2f the artist...one love...blessings
Her work gives me Frances Bacon vibes. Some of it looks similar on the surface but mainly it’s the feeling of them. They almost feel uncomfortable to look at but also make you curious to know more. She seems to have a story or a life for each one and it’s not always obvious. I like that. I like looking at artwork that seems to make no sense or not have an obvious story, it makes for interesting subjects, of a discussion for the ages. Sometimes we don’t need the reasoning or the background from the artist, we want to make up our own reasons and stories and argue our points, for years to come, on what the art is about. How wonderfully juicy that is for us, the viewer, the observer.
Parabéns pela excelente produção.
I've just discovered her work today, in the parisian exhibition at the MAM, and waouh! it really struck a chord with me! Great artist! I'll visit the exhibition again in a few days to enjoy fully all its richness.
beautiful soul beautiful art
AMAZING WORK
fascinating..thats true art..
Amazing!!!
Very rare authenticity and originality for a modern artist. female. keeps getting better and better from where she started - almost copying. I am so proud of her.
Thank you, I had never heard of this artist...big important artist, Wow...does she know painting!
Hesitant to use expressionistic 8:00 ... to hear a rockstar painter such as Dana Shutz say that she doesn't know how to describe her art is exactly what I needed to hear right now!
I paint strange colourful expressionistic faces and when people ask what I paint, it's hard to explain without, like she said, sounding like a crazy person. I'm just starting to apply to small shows and I'm so perplexed how to fit what I need to say to describe my art in 200- 500 characters.
What you would say in a taxi cab is a great analogy, a 30 second commercial I've heard people also say. I thought about maybe just writing the word crazy in capital letters and underlined 3 times, it might be the only desription fitting enough.
This was a great interview! Her studio is so amazing! I am left with one question: How do you tell what colour is in all those dirty paint tubes? 😘
Look at the colour at the neck - all the lids are missing. The sight makes me anxious.
Thank you 🙂
Her art is amazing and she doesn’t seem full of herself.
Inspirational 👏🏾
Artists speaking about their work always comes off a little awkward for me, However, Dana has some good points. I prefer the art to speak for itself, and her paintings are loaded with expression.
What a great video, the whole thing. I could watch a 3 hour in depth video of this lol
I love what I see what a unique talent
Wow!
Brilliant... Congrats
Great work, reminds me of some of Paula Rego's early to mid period paintings.
Excellent 👍
very cool paintings and a very cool woman making them
Really great work.
I like her and her art. Inspires me to go back and turn my art minor into major!
Lot's to learn 😍😍😍😍.
I seem to think quite similar as Dana about my art. Only as Iv'e grown older, I no longer wish to communicate any political or negativity issues (smoking, homeless, etc) Rather, attempt to draw out the hidden positive vibes of the unconscious mind, the way people dream of greater futures. Not such as fairy tale life. More like positive inner being things they might grasp in my work. A bit of lifting up. It seems we easily connect with what is wrong in our world quicker than what could be right because we are problem solvers. I think the time is ripe for connecting to our greater wishes and hopes about life. My type of art is similar to Dana's, I call it abstract reality.
Did you post any of your art online? I love this style.
@@renosance8941 I don't feel like I have enough paintings to start showing yet. I hope that by this time next year, I will make the move to start showing somewhere. I never want to feel pushed with my art. I don't need my art as income. But would like for others to enjoy it someday.
The little Sun piece made me laugh so hard for some reason. I like it.
Love her
I like the sun one 😊❤
amazing
Legend
Interesting bit at the end about on and off.
We will never forget
I am reminded of Salvador Dali, and yes , very expressive.
👑
Your art very interesting
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Does someone know the title of the background instrumental/musical?
Can someone help me. What paint and materials was she mixing?
Does anyone have an ID on the track at the beginning??
... I like her colorful work.... Vincent van Gogh said the artist of the future will be a colorist.... and go look at pictures of Ojibwe animal paintings.
Does anyone have a track ID on the beautiful synth song playing throughout?
She is beautiful. The only thing that will make me go crazy is the hairs in the painting. Already scratching my eyes out!! But can definitely relate to the messiness.
Your work is spectacular and I love it so much...but you might need some intervention with that cemetary of paint tubes. Poor things.😉
So much wasted paint... Here I am always trying to use every tiny bit left in the tube.
She uses a lot of thick layers (looks like clumps of paint). Every artist has their own methods for creating texture.
@@lu_re7198 of course! Just saying that many of us cannot afford to be so casual with our paint. Not a criticism.
@Katella. I was responding to the original comment (above yours). I can’t afford to buy in bulk either, but I think it makes sense to do it if you can afford it. She may be able to get cheaper wholesale prices when she does this. Her method is messier and more chaotic than mine, but she probably makes way more paintings...
Your figures have so much "bite" to them!!
It was Love at first sight for me
Really, your work, looks so similar to mine, funny, "ehhhh, ummm, when I paint."
As depiction of problem ( s ) this feels real .
Should one look to this work from any future survival mode resolution may also feel real .
❤ 💙 💜 💖 💗 💘
Inspirerende
Art Therapy!
Who is the music from?
I feel 14:29 resembles the artist. ❤
Likable ,a real artist
No
Strong George Condo influence
I wonder if she is familiar with Dave Matthews Band song, "The Space Between Us".. seems to explore the same thoughts that she expressed..
Whats the liquid she mixed with her paints ?
It looked like linseed oil thinned with turpentine.
It's Gamblin Galkyd Lite Oil Painting Medium. Nasty stuff. It contains 50% petroleum distillates. It makes the paint dry faster, which is good, because the artist will live a shorter life and needs to sell the painting before they die or become senile from inhaling that stuff.
She is good.
🤗💥💥💥💥💥❤💯👌
After watching this I had to shower. The only video I’ever watched that had an odor.
8:20 oh yes
“ Off and on “
I love your work, Dana. I am an artist living 2,000 kilometers from Kiev and I started a painting on 24 February 2022 because the Russians invaded the Ukraine and I offered it to President Zelensky for the Ukrainian people when the war is over. He of course never got back to me and probably thought I was trying to get some publicity, but I hope one day I could offer it to a public building or on permanent display in Kiev, for example. That's how I get inspired; I do art but I paint on a small scale. I would love to paint huge paintings like the one in your vocast, but where do these meters' long and meters' high paintings go that we see in your studio besides in art galleries and voluminous public buildings? I have seen so many gorgeous paintings, but no one I know or whom I have ever known has a wall in their flat or house that would do justice to these large dimensions. It must be so much fun to work on such a large scale and to be able to be so immersed in your work, but I know it would be hard to sell a large painting to normal people. Would you paint one for the Ukraine or about the war?
👋
I knew a Schultz
Walter Benjamin's "aura" being an artwork's presence in time and space. I can see what you mean...
I own a painting looking for sale
We ain't forget
shout out to Parker Bright for challenging the subject matter of this artist when she insensitively painted Emmett Till for the Whitney Biennale
Well here it is. As predictable as day turns to night. Someone in every article on every artist. People love to attack artists, that is for sure. We artists are such easy targets. If it's not from the right, it's from the left If it's not one thing, its another. Maybe we should all just churn out pretty pictures that offend no one. But that's offensive too. We should have gone into sports, or business administration. None of those role models, those pillars of society, will ever make a work of insensitive art that offends anyone . What a glorious world that would be.
Wokeness and cancel culture are two of the most hypocritical, double-faced, and ironic movements in our modern twenty-first century. As it should be, Dana is making great Art and being recognized for it here, and Parker Bright has completely disappeared from view...
субханаллах, это какая-то бесталанная мазня!
In her heart and her mind she had accepted the great contradiction of her body but it did strain any attempt she tried to make in gaining other woman as her friend so she sat alone silently to eat the mountain of pasta by herself
We are painters not artists. Rembrandt's occupation was listed as a painter as were so many other painters back then.
His 👋❤😂🎉😢
Korea yes 👍
Lee...ho 👍
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Is your name, Schultz, or Schultz?
Geez! Her studio looks toxic!!
Secretly she thought they were trying to make her fat when she saw all the food. She wasn't angery , it proved they had never spies on her when she was dressing, if they had they would have known how very fat a tinny tall person could be.