A Confession of My Sins
Georg Baselitz
WHITE CUBE
144 – 152 Bermondsey Street London SE1 3TQ
+44 (0) 207 930 5373 e-mail:
gallery's Multiple Locations :Hong Kong, London (2), New York, Seoul
April 10 > 16 June, 2024
Georg Baselitz Marie-Therese in Dinard (Marie-Therese in Dinard), 2023
Georg Baselitz Bob fliegt in den Himmel (Bob Flies up into the Sky), 2023
Georg Baselitz Jenseits Peddigrohrsofa in Wellenform Artauds Schlafzimmer (Beyond the Rattan Sofa in Wave Form, 2023
Georg Baselitz marks his return to White Cube Bermondsey for the first time in eight years with the solo exhibition ‘A Confession of My Sins’. Comprising a large body of new work produced during an intensive year in the studio, the exhibition features large-scale paintings and a selection of works on paper in which the artist, now 86, surveys the past six and a half decades of his practice. From the vantage point of old age, Baselitz reflects upon a lifetime of lived experience and artistic invention, paying homage to key inspirations, motifs and subject matter, as well as unearthing pictorial references from his youth. ‘I’ve got my early childhood drawings of eagles, stags, deer, dogs and so on in folders,’ Baselitz remarks. ‘Every now and then I look at them, and I think was it a good time, was it a bad time?’
Georg Baselitz marks his return to White Cube Bermondsey for the first time in eight years with the solo exhibition ‘A Confession of My Sins’. Comprising a large body of new work produced during an intensive year in the studio, the exhibition features large-scale paintings and a selection of works on paper in which the artist, now 86, surveys the past six and a half decades of his practice. From the vantage point of old age, Baselitz reflects upon a lifetime of lived experience and artistic invention, paying homage to key inspirations, motifs and subject matter, as well as unearthing pictorial references from his youth. ‘I’ve got my early childhood drawings of eagles, stags, deer, dogs and so on in folders,’ Baselitz remarks. ‘Every now and then I look at them, and I think was it a good time, was it a bad time?’
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ABOUT ARTISTS : Georg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz lives and works near Salzburg, Austria; at lake Ammersee, Germany; and Imperia, Italy. He has exhibited widely, including solo shows at Serpentine Galleries, London (2023); Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (2023); Albertina, Vienna (2023) and The Morgan Library & Museum, New York (2022); Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (2023); Museo di Palazzo Grimani, Venice (2022); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2021); Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, Italy (2019); Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (2018); Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (2018); Musée Unterlinden, Colmar, France (2018); Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany (2016–17, travelling); Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2014); Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2011 and 1996); Galerie Neue Meister and Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany (2013 and 2009); Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and Museum Frieder Burda, Germany (2009); Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Naples, Italy (2008); Royal Academy of Arts, London (2007); Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark (2006); and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1995, travelling). Significant group exhibitions include Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany (2019, travelling); Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2016–17), the 56th, 52nd, 39th Venice Biennale (2015, 2007, 1980); British Museum, London (2014); Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1995, 1988, 1985); Museum Ludwig / Rheinhallen, Cologne, Germany (1989); Royal Academy of Arts, London (1981); and Documenta 7 and 5, Kassel, Germany (1982, 1972).
CITY :lake Ammersee
COUNTRY :Austria
ABOUT ARTISTS : Georg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz lives and works near Salzburg, Austria; at lake Ammersee, Germany; and Imperia, Italy. He has exhibited widely, including solo shows at Serpentine Galleries, London (2023); Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (2023); Albertina, Vienna (2023) and The Morgan Library & Museum, New York (2022); Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (2023); Museo di Palazzo Grimani, Venice (2022); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2021); Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, Italy (2019); Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (2018); Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (2018); Musée Unterlinden, Colmar, France (2018); Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany (2016–17, travelling); Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2014); Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2011 and 1996); Galerie Neue Meister and Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany (2013 and 2009); Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and Museum Frieder Burda, Germany (2009); Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Naples, Italy (2008); Royal Academy of Arts, London (2007); Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark (2006); and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1995, travelling). Significant group exhibitions include Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany (2019, travelling); Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2016–17), the 56th, 52nd, 39th Venice Biennale (2015, 2007, 1980); British Museum, London (2014); Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1995, 1988, 1985); Museum Ludwig / Rheinhallen, Cologne, Germany (1989); Royal Academy of Arts, London (1981); and Documenta 7 and 5, Kassel, Germany (1982, 1972).
CITY :lake Ammersee
COUNTRY :Austria
Georg Baselitz Gallery Opening Hours : Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm Sunday 12pm - 6pm
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