Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden

Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 1, 2009

Runtime

0h 59m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden

Production Companies

Michael Blackwood Productions

Director

Michael Blackwood

Description

Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden explores the artist's brilliant career through his 2007 retrospective exhibition at London's Royal Academy of Arts. Accompanied by curator Norman Rosenthal, who first exhibited paintings by Baselitz in the early 1970's, the artist discusses painting, sculpture and the trajectory of his work. The exhibit emphasizes Baselitz ability to create imagery that deals unflinchingly with his position as a post-war artist. In responding to contemporary experience and exploring his own painterly instincts, Baselitz creates symbols which reflect deep-rooted human dilemmas and concerns.