Trouble and Appearance

2018

Strangers: Trouble and Appearance, 2018. Dana Schutz (American, b. 1976), Two Palms Press. Etching and aquatint; image: 91.4 x 60 cm (36 x 23 5/8 in.); sheet: 109.9 x 77.8 cm (43 1/4 x 30 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund 2018.299.8 Brooklyn-based painter Dana Schutz is known for largescale figurative painting, often drawing on narrative and humor. This print portfolio evokes Schutz’s signature subject matter, but translates it to the monochromatic palette of etching. Working with contemporary publisher, Two Palms, Schutz created dense, painterly layers of grainy aquatint. Although the ten images suggest a vague storyline, the artist left their meaning to the viewer to interpret. The artist prefers not to explain the narrative underlying these prints, leaving them open to the viewer’s interpretation.