Picture "Away from the Window" (1982), framed
Picture "Away from the Window" (1982), framed
Quick info
limited, 250 copies | reproduction on handmade paper | framed | passe-partout | glazed | size 77 x 77 cm
Detailed description
Picture "Away from the Window" (1982), framed
Original: 1982, oil and tempera on canvas, 250 x 250 cm, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Beyeler Collection.
5-colour frequency-modulated reproduction on 260g Rives handmade paper. Limited edition of 250 copies. © Georg Baselitz, 2018. Photo: Robert Bayer, Basel. Framed in a solid wood frame with passe-partout, glazed. Size 77 x 77 cm.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany Email: info@arsmundi.de
About Georg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz, the painter and sculptor born in Saxony, Germany, primarily became popular because his motifs are upside down - this has been his incomparable trademark since the beginning of the 1970s. While searching for "the picture behind the picture" (Baselitz), he creates a completely new perspective.
However, Baselitz not only turns everything upside down in art but also likes to take on the role of the troublemaker and provocateur. He calls artists of the former GDR state (East Germany) "assholes" and does not believe that women can paint, and labels the documenta exhibition as the "Paralympics".
His rebellious nature even got him into trouble at the beginning of his studies: In 1957 he was expelled from the East Berlin Academy of Fine Arts due to "socio-political immaturity" because his work was inspired by one of the greats - Pablo Picasso. "There was huge dismay. I always thought Picasso was the great communist. But our party members no longer saw him that way. For them, he was a decadent Western painter, an outdated model. Picasso got me kicked out of school," the painter told the german newspaper Spiegel in 2007.
Shortly afterward, Baselitz moved to West Berlin but even there he continued to work against all artistic trends. Instead of abstract painting, he focused on figurative, sometimes dramatic depictions, which led to misunderstanding and ignorance.
The provocation reached its peak in 1963 with his first solo exhibition, where he presented naked and masturbating men to the prudish Berlin society. Followed by confiscations, investigations by the public prosecutor, and plenty of negative headlines in the press. But the general fuss had a pleasant side effect: Overnight, everyone knew who Georg Baselitz was.
Georg Baselitz, who was born in 1938 as Hans-Georg Kern in Deutschbaselitz (now a part of Kamenz, Saxony), Germany, is now considered one of the top figures in the international art scene. His works are exhibited in all the world's major museums and collections. The artist has been honoured with the Kaiserring Art Prize of the City of Goslar, among other accolades. Baselitz taught at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe and the Hochschule der Künste Berlin, and currently lives and works in Inning am Ammersee.