Thomas Putze
Performances 2000-2020
Published on 30. April 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-3-89790-624-2 (ISBN)
Description
For Thomas Putze, performance is a snapshot of a moment,
a play on possibilities, and at the same time a well-planned and
sophisticated act to captivate the onlooker.
Yet above all, it is thinking, drawing, sculpting, and realizing
with and through the body, which he treats just as relentlessly
as all the other materials in his works. He swings through
trees, occupies church facades, and submerges himself in mud;
frequently without clothing or scantily wrapped in plastic
sheeting, he gauges and challenges the physical and thus social
space between us bystanders.
Thomas Putze typifies the risk of being human, with all its failings
and plenty of humor. He not only holds us to account but rather
invites us to do this ourselves: to partake in art and to reflect on
the performance we call life.
a play on possibilities, and at the same time a well-planned and
sophisticated act to captivate the onlooker.
Yet above all, it is thinking, drawing, sculpting, and realizing
with and through the body, which he treats just as relentlessly
as all the other materials in his works. He swings through
trees, occupies church facades, and submerges himself in mud;
frequently without clothing or scantily wrapped in plastic
sheeting, he gauges and challenges the physical and thus social
space between us bystanders.
Thomas Putze typifies the risk of being human, with all its failings
and plenty of humor. He not only holds us to account but rather
invites us to do this ourselves: to partake in art and to reflect on
the performance we call life.