Dana Schutz: Works on Paper presented a series of Schutz’s latest works on paper in conjunction with a large-scale retrospective of her work at the Denver Art Museum. Drawing from a long tradition of Abstract Expressionism, Schutz creates an imaginative and mythic universe full of cannibals, creatures, and other grotesque and fantastical characters. Her color monotypes showcase the sensory overload and luscious texture that characterizes her paintings, while her black-and-white drawings display a similar style that is both haunting and gestural and which blurs together figurative and abstract elements. The exhibition featured new drawings, as well as watercolor monoprints produced specifically for this presentation.

Dana Schutz was born in 1976 in Livonia, Michigan. She studied art at the Cleveland Art Institute and received her MA at Columbia University, New York. Her work has been exhibited at the Cleveland Art Museum; Institute of Contemporary Art Boston; Miami Art Museum, Petzel Gallery, New York; Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal; Kestnergesellschaft, Germany; Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin; and Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin.