Thomas Schutte, Ringe, 1981

LIECHTENSTEIN.- Thomas Schütte is looked upon as one of the most important German artists of his generation. The exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein focuses on his lesser-known early work.

Thomas Schütte, who was born in Oldenburg in 1954 and studied at the Dusseldorf Art Academy from 1973 to 1981, is looked upon as one of the most important German artists of his generation. The exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein and the accompanying catalogue focus on his lesser-known early work. The artist himself has designated the space of time from 1975 to 1980 as a particular research period in his career during which, as a student in Gerhard Richter's painting class, he gradually found his way to sculpture. “As the student of a painter who could do everything, you couldn't' just paint anymore.”

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