Dana
Schutz
Albino
2002, Oil on Canvas
38 x 46cm |
Schutz's
portrait of an albino is as grotesque as it is captivating.
Rendered in thick impasto, she draws out her subject's pasty
whiteness in the most sculptural way: the eyes given a troll-like
wrinkle, the mouth simultaneously crusty and drooling. Unlike
historical court paintings of dwarfs and mutants, Schutz's
painting isn't a folly, but an honest confession of repulsion
and seduction. |