David Zwirner is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by American artist Dana Schutz (b. 1976) at its Paris location. In her work, Schutz constructs complex, allegorical visual narratives that engage the capacity of art to represent subjective experience. Often depicting figures in seemingly impossible, enigmatic, or invented situations, her works reveal the deeper complications, tensions, and ambiguities of contemporary life. This is Schutz’s second solo show with the gallery, and her first in Paris since her major survey presentation Dana Schutz: Le Monde Visible (The Visible World) was held at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris in 2023–2024.
The Sea and All Its Subjects reflects the artist’s ongoing interest in constructing improbable scenarios that function as evocative visual allegories. Taking the playfully taxonomic title of the show as a broad starting point, Schutz explores distinct scenes within a vast and enigmatic world while also engendering a proliferation of possible meanings.
