About the Work
These photographs exhibit the same haunting qualities as Cutler’s work in print and drawing. They are part of the tableaux made by the artist during the production of Alterations (2007), a major sculptural installation that was commissioned, exhibited, and later acquired by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid. Alterations consists of 120 female figures—each painted with individual features and expressions—placed on top of and around a long wooden table with a solitary lamp illuminating them.
About the Artist
Amy Cutler is an internationally acclaimed artist best known for her enigmatic illustrations of women performing strange, cryptic tasks: carrying goats on their backs in Above the Fjord, sewing tigers in Tiger Mending, dancing with chairs on their heads in Dinner Party. Rendered simply, though with exquisite detail, Cutler’s style is reminiscent of European folk art; however, the narratives are left unexplained and the white backgrounds of her drawings provide little context or clues to the meanings. The fantasy world she creates is sometimes humorous and other times ominous.
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