Georg Baselitz - Hatje Cantz

The back cover of a book with a solid ochre background, set against a white surface. At the top, a quote from Georg Baselitz is printed in white text. A small, square detail from a classical painting, showing the face of a young boy with curly hair, is in the center. An ISBN barcode is visible at the bottom left.

The art book Baselitz: Naked Masters is shown at an angle on a white background. Its solid brown cover features the title in bold white text below a close-up, expressive, painterly image of a face, focusing on an eye. The spine of the book is also visible.

An open art book shows a two-page spread. The left page is a black-and-white photograph of a bald man with glasses holding a large, gestural painting of a nude figure. The right page is an essay titled Nudity: Body Ideals and Differing Standpoints in the Visual Arts.

An open art book on a white surface, displaying two full-page paintings. On the left is a modern, expressionist painting of a winged Black man hanging upside down. On the right is a classical painting of a nude Venus with Mercury and two cherubs against a draped background.

An open art book displayed against a white background, showing a two-page spread of abstract paintings. The left page features a dense, gestural painting with tangled figures in black, red, and lavender ink splatters. The right page shows a sparser black ink drawing of ethereal figures below a thick, calligraphic border.

An interior view of an art gallery with a deep maroon wall displaying a collection of paintings. On the left is a large, modern abstract piece with pink, black, and grey swirls. To the right, two smaller, traditional paintings of reclining nudes are stacked vertically in ornate frames.

A two-page spread from an art book. The left page is a photograph of the artist Georg Baselitz, an older man, sitting on a paint-splattered bench in his studio. He is surrounded by large canvases of his work, including his signature upside-down figures. The right page is the book's table of contents, with headings for Foreword, Essays, and Catalogue.

A black-and-white photograph on a book page shows artist Georg Baselitz in a gallery, standing next to his large, expressionist portraits that are hung upside down. The text on the right of the spread is titled, Baselitz: Art and Style in an Upside Down World.

A side-by-side comparison of two paintings on the theme of falling. On the left, a modern expressionist painting depicts a single, abstracted figure falling upside down against a textured blue background. On the right, a classical painting shows an armored, winged angel with a sword casting a chaotic mass of nude figures down from the heavens.

A comparative image displays three paintings of female nudes. On the left is a large, vertical expressionist painting with two upside-down figures in vibrant pink and yellow on a chaotic black and gray background. On the right are two stacked, horizontal classical paintings depicting a serene, blonde woman reclining on a bed with rich, dark green and red fabrics.

A diptych of two vertical, abstract expressionist paintings. The left panel shows a chaotic tangle of human figures in red, purple, and black ink on a cream background. The right panel depicts black ink outlines of figures falling upside down from a decorative border against a pale blue-gray background. Both artworks feature an energetic, splattered style.

A side-by-side comparison of two paintings depicting a couple. On the left, a classical, realistic painting shows a muscular satyr with goat legs embracing a nude woman in a pastoral landscape. On the right, a modern, abstract painting features two intertwined figures rendered in rough, expressive pink and black brushstrokes against a light, neutral background.

Georg Baselitz

Naked Masters

€ 48.00

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By (artist): Georg Baselitz

Edited by: Sabine Haag

May 2023, 252 Pages, 175 Photos

Paperback with Flaps

284mm x 322mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5411-8

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| Georg Baselitz and the Old Masters

Georg Baselitz enters a dialogue with the Old Masters - invited by Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, the acclaimed German painter and sculptor engages in a visual conversation. Baselitz himself curated this selection of works, focusing exclusively on nude painting. Both the exhibition and the catalogue revolve around this elemental human state, and its fundamental role in European art. From the beginning of his career, Baselitz's work has been informed by a pronounced awareness of art history, above all he was inspired by Mannerism's break with classical rules. Insights into the history of nude painting, as well into the topicality of painting itself, emerge from this encounter of Baselitz's works with historical paintings of an idealized beauty from Kunsthistorisches Museum. The carefully chosen juxtapositions open up a space in which one can reflect and experience the essence of painting anew.

This book is also available in German.

GEORG BASELITZ (*1938, Deutschbaselitz) is without a doubt one of the most influential painters and sculptors of our time. His work eludes easy categorization, but has continuously returned to his search for a new approach to updating classic figurative painting. In a celebrated turning point in 1969, he literally turned his paintings upside down and thereby managed to change the public's viewing habits, and to sharpen their perceptions.

EXHIBITION
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna
March 7-June 25, 2023