Kunsten at kunne.
I snart hundrede år har den såkaldte avantgarde kunst beskæftiget sig med at nedbryde den klassiske tradition i kunsten. Særligt i årene efter 2. verdenskrig og kulminerende i dag har kunstmarkedet været oversvømmet af masseproducerede abstraktioner, installationer og konceptkunst. I dagens Danmark dominerer disse værker overalt på museer og i gallerier. Det skal her nævnes at Danmark altid har haft ry for at være mindst 30 år efter udviklingen. For der er sket noget i den store verden. Tendensen går tilbage til hvor man slap, til det figurative og skønne i kunsten. Sidst manifesteret i udstillingen ”Wunchwelten” på det prominente udstillingssted Schirn Kunsthalle i Frankfurt Am Main, hvis leder er berømt for at have en af de bedste næser for hvor kunsten går hen.
Anne Gyrite Schütt er gået imod den herskende trend og har altid arbejdet i den klassiske tradition. Hun kan tegne, har altid sin skitseblok ved hånden, og hendes med stor kunnen udførte malerier gengiver figurative menneskeskildringer baseret på hendes filosofiske betragtninger omkring tid og rum. Et hovedværk er Anne Gyrite Schütts to sammenhørende store oliebilleder forestillende en soldat på slagmarken henholdsvis i Middelalderen og i Nutiden. ”Margrethes soldater”.
Anne Gyrite Schütt har udført flere portrætter som bestillingsarbejde af kendte personer og er fremragende på dette område. Man kan sige, at Anne Gyrite Schütt er pioner i den forvandling af kunstopfattelse som i øjeblikket finder sted i Europa og USA.
Sept. O5.
For nearly a century, the so-called avant-garde art has been engaged in breaking down the classical tradition in art. Particularly in the years following World War II, and culminating today, the art market has been flooded with mass-produced abstractions, installations, and conceptual art. In contemporary Denmark, these works dominate museums and galleries. It should be noted, that Denmark has always been known for lagging at least 30 years behind developments elsewhere.
However, something is changing in the wider world. The trend is shifting back to where it left off—towards the figurative and the beautiful in art. This was most recently demonstrated in the exhibition “Wunschwelten” at the prominent venue Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt am Main, whose director is renowned for having one of the sharpest instincts for the direction art is heading.
Anne Gyrite Schütt has gone against the prevailing trend and has always worked within the classical tradition. She can draw, always keeps her sketchbook at hand, and her skilfully executed paintings depict figurative representations of people, inspired by her philosophical reflections on time and space. One of her major works is a pair of large oil paintings depicting a soldier on the battlefield, respectively in the Middle Ages and in the present day: “Margrethe’s Soldiers.” Anne Gyrite Schütt has also produced several commissioned portraits of notable individuals and excels in this field. One could argue that Anne Gyrite Schütt is a pioneer in the transformation of artistic perception currently taking place across Europe and the United States.
Finn L. Falkersby
Kunstsamler, -kritiker og -skribent. /Art collector, critic and writer
(1934-2007)