Baselitz / [curator, Norman Rosenthal].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baselitz, Georg, 1938-

Contributor:

Rosenthal, Norman.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baselitz, Georg, 1938---Criticism and interpretation--Exhibitions.

Baselitz, Georg, 1938-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

257 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Academy of Arts ; New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [2007]

Summary:

Georg Baselitz paints violent and distinctive imagery that is reminiscent stylistically of both German and American Expressionism. To the public he is the painter of upside-down pictures. This extensively illustrated bookwhich reproduces all the major works from Baselitzs distinguished careerexplores his development, revealing an artist whose concerns are derived from his experiences of post-war German society. Essays deal with the philosophical preoccupations of the period and place the artist in the context of late twentieth-century art. The book also examines why the artist paints upside down and the importance of this to our understanding of his art. Baselitz is an artist who has rarely commented about his work. This volume presents for the first time his thoughts about his art and the context within which it is made.

Notes:

Curator from t.p. verso.

"First published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Georg Baseliz', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 22 September --9 December 2007"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-250) and index.

ISBN:

9781905711055

1905711050

OCLC:

141383789