Georg Baselitz
dal 27/2/2009 al 20/6/2009
Segnalato da
27/2/2009
Georg Baselitz
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
This exhibition has been organized in close cooperation with the artist and presents an overview on his oeuvre from the 1960s until 2008, including a variety of different phases and approaches referred to as "methods" by the artist. Baselitz' paintings are always created spontaneously, characterized by a coarse painting technique and unconventional image composition. In this show approx. 65 paintings are juxtaposed with five sculptures showcasing the artist's sculptural work.
"Whenever the question of the relationship between an image and its representation remains unsolved, (…) something valuable and new is won".
(Georg Baselitz)
This exhibition at the MdM SALZBURG has been organized in close cooperation with the artist and presents an overview on the oeuvre of Georg Baselitz (*1938 as Hans-Georg Kern in Deutschbaselitz in the former German Democratic Republic) from the 1960s until 2008, including a variety of different phases and approaches referred to as "methods" by the artist.
Already in the early 1960s the style created by Baselitz was characterized by unconventional painting techniques and a provocative choice of motifs. In 1961 he published the "1st Pandemonic Manifesto" in collaboration with Eugen Schönebeck; in this work he proclaims for the first time his aversion to harmony and conventions, a recurrent theme in his entire oeuvre. Baselitz’ paintings are always created spontaneously, characterized by a coarse painting technique and unconventional image composition, never showing any regularity and strictly avoiding any form of categorization.
With the development of his oeuvre from "idols" to "new types", from "fracture paintings" to "standing on their head" paintings, from "finger paintings" to "Russian paintings" and finally with the "Remix" Series, Georg Baselitz proves that it is always possible to devise new ways and methods of painting, even though this art genre has often been declared dead.
In this show approx. 65 paintings are juxtaposed with five sculptures showcasing the artist’s sculptural work.
Image: Nachtessen in Dresden, 1983 Öl auf Leinwand 280 x 450 cm Kunsthaus Zürich (c) Georg Baselitz
Press contact
Christine Forstner
T +43.662 84 22 20-601 F +43.662 84 22 20-701 christine.forstner@mdmsalzburg.at
Opening: Saturday 28/2/09 - 11.00 a.m.
Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg
Mönchsberg 32 - 5020 Salzburg
Hours
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wednesday: 10.00 a.m. - 08.00 p.m.
monday: closed