Georg Baselitz. Füße zuerst

A high-angle shot of an open art book on a white surface. The book shows a two-page spread with German text and five color reproductions of expressionist paintings. The left page has a portrait of an older man, while the right page displays four paintings of figures and abstract forms.

An open art book on a white background, viewed from above. The two-page spread displays two expressionist artworks. On the left is a black-and-white ink drawing of an abstract figure. On the right is a watercolor of an upside-down figure in yellow and orange, with a green face to its side against a grey background.

An open book on a white background displays a two-page spread of an expressive, abstract painting. The artwork depicts a landscape with bare brown trees next to a body of water and a blue sky, with a path on the right partially covered by large, amorphous black shapes and scribbles.

A white paperback book titled Georg Baselitz Füße zuerst, lying at an angle on a white background. The cover features an expressive, abstract painting of a figure's lower half in bright yellow trousers and black boots, set against a chaotic background of black, white, and grey brushstrokes.

An art book page displaying the 1960 expressionist painting Kopf (Munch). The vertical oil painting has thick, textured brushstrokes. The top third is a block of off-white and cream paint. The bottom two-thirds features an abstracted, pale figure with red details against a background of vertical red and ochre stripes.

A neo-expressionist painting of two abstract figures hanging upside down against a muted background. Their bodies are formed from thick, black brushstrokes, while their heads are scribbled ovals of yellow and white at the bottom. Accents of pink color a hand on the left figure and the lower torso of the right. The background is a wash of grey and pale yellow, overlaid with a thin black grid and paint splatters.

A table of contents from a book, written in German. It lists various sections, including a foreword by Tone Hansen and articles about artists Georg Baselitz and Edvard Munch, along with their corresponding page numbers. The list ends with Abbildungen on page 190.

A two-page book spread. The left page is white with text at the bottom left. The right page displays a chaotic, abstract, mixed-media painting on a white background. The artwork features a central figure rendered in broad, gestural brushstrokes of ochre, pink, and green, with intricate black ink line drawings overlaid. The figure has two black shoes kicked up towards a large patch of bright red paint at the top of the composition.

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An abstract expressionist painting of a wooded landscape. On the left, leafless brown trees stand against a bright blue sky and a pale, distant horizon. A path appears to lead into the woods, where large, chaotic black shapes and scribbles interrupt the scene on the right. Two of the black forms have several light-colored circles within them. The brushwork is loose and energetic.

A book page displaying two abstract black ink and wash drawings from 1960. On the left, a vertical self-portrait shows a face rendered with expressive, loose lines, under a dense, chaotic mass of black brushstrokes resembling a crown. On the right is a squarish, tumultuous composition filled with energetic, tangled lines and gray washes.

A large, colorful neo-expressionist painting presented upside down. The abstract scene depicts several inverted figures with thick black brushstrokes gathered around a large pink rectangle resembling a table. A central figure has a yellow and red face with an open mouth, set against a vibrant blue background.

An abstract expressionist painting on a blue background. A figure composed of energetic pink and red brushstrokes is depicted in a horizontal, leaping motion. Above the figure, thick white lines form a structure resembling a hurdle, with paint splatters scattered across the scene.

A page layout showing two expressionist artworks by Edvards Kopf from 1983. On the left is a graphite sketch of an inverted, contorted figure with abstract shapes and a separate bird-like skull. On the right is a watercolor painting of the same scene, showing the figure in yellow with a bird-like head, and a floating green mask against a gray wash background.

A page from a book with the German title Vorwort. On the left is a black and white photograph of an older artist sitting on a wooden chair in a studio. He wears a cap, a dark polo shirt, and white paint-splattered trousers with kneepads. A large abstract painting hangs on the white wall behind him. On the right side of the page is a column of text in German.

Georg Baselitz. Füße zuerst

Ein künstlerischer Dialog mit Edvard Munch

€ 35.00

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By (artist): Georg Baselitz

Edited by: Heidi Bale Amundsen, Georg Baselitz

Translated by: Daniela Stilzebach

July 2025, 240 Pages, 110 Photos

Paperback

261mm x 323mm

ISBN: 978-82-8462-048-0

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For more than six decades, Georg Baselitz has been exploring, challenging and redefining contemporary art, with his main focus on painting. The complex exchange with historical and contemporary art forms a cornerstone of his work. Georg Baselitz. Füße zuerst focuses on the German artist's relationship to the work of Edvard Munch, with whom he has been engaged in an artistic dialogue since the 1960s. Richly illustrated and with texts by the curator of the exhibition Jon-Ove Steihaug as well as Christian Weikop, Sverre Wyller and the artist himself, including a lengthy interview.

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

Munchmuseet, Oslo

February 12 - May 5, 2025