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The Artist Project: Dana Schutz

Dec 7, 2015 3 MINUTES

"Sometimes you can actually get more from the paintings that bother you."

Artist Dana Schutz reflects on Balthus's "The Mountain" in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Dana Schutz, born in 1976, is an American painter.

Dana Schutz (American, born Livonia, Michigan, 1976)

Presentation, 2005

Oil on canvas; 10 × 14 ft. (304.8 × 426.7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, Fractional and promised gift of Michael and Judy Ovitz (245.2005). Courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York © 2015 Dana Schutz