Georg Baselitz

hibernationBronze, 2014

Georg Baselitz initially provoked with offensive motifs in aggressive figurative painting. Towards the end of the 1960s he reversed his motifs in order to concentrate explicitly on painting, free of narrative and symbolic elements. His works exhibited in the DASMAXIMUM Museum show a cross-section from five decades.

The portrait of Oda Dahlem, from the year 1970, was originally oriented 'correctly' and was created as a double portrait with her husband Franz. In 1977, Baselitz removed Franz,  turned the painting 180 degrees, and re-painted it several times. The painting thus represents an important part of Baselitz's oeuvre.

"Behind the Pyramid" combines the tendency of the early years to use highly refracted color and unusual cuts with an uninhibited floral pattern. A later work, like the self-portrait with wife, shows a perfection of color choices and brushwork and reflects the subtle dry humor of the artist.

The almost three-metre-high "Frau Ultramarine" made of solid cedar wood, an effigy of his wife Elke, constitutes a climax among the sculptures of Georg Baselitz. After first attempts at the 1980 Venice Biennale, his sculpture have been exhibited alongside his paintings. They show his fascination with African sculpture, while powerful in their own right, and Baselitz's  love of colour.

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