Thomas Scheibitz - Contemporary Artists

Untitled No. 242

Thomas Scheibitz, Untitled No. 242 The Saatchi Gallery
 

Thomas Scheibitz

Untitled No. 242

1998 Oil on Canvas

142 x 106cm

In Scheibitz's world of synthetic replication and commodity signifiers, even people are reduced to ideologically pragmatic form. Sparingly represented as flat cap and box ears, this figure meets all the requirements for the role of ‘sad professor'.

Scheibitz renders personal intimacy as a function of caricature, where visual description is inextricably entwined with stereotype and expectation. Through his simplified portrait, Scheibitz doesn't proffer dehumanisation, but a super-race streamlined for instant identification and hypothetical interaction.
 
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