Jutta Koether - Seasons and Sacraments

Seasons and Sacraments demonstrates Jutta Koether's distinct and powerful style and is inspired by two important series of paintings by the 17th century French artist Nicolas Poussin (1594 1665). Koether reinterprets The Seven Sacraments as a series of dynamic installations. Confirmation presents everyday objects encased in clear liquid acrylic, attached to vast sheets of glass; while Baptism is represented by a painted canvas featuring racing car driver Sebastian Vettel rather than a scene from classical antiquity. Based in Berlin and New York, Jutta Koether is currently a professor at the Hochschule fr bildende Knste Hamburg. Recent exhibitions include the Whitney and Sao Paulo Biennials, the Moderna Museet, Stockholm and the VanAbbemuseum, Eindhoven. Seasons and Sacraments is her largest exhibition in the UK to date and coincides with her inclusion the Tate Modern exhibition A Bigger Splash.