In the halls of the Marble Palace will open a major exhibition of modern European classics – Georg Baselitz – one of the founders of neo-expressionism – curly ensemble, live emotions and bright colors July 16 -. 1 October
addition to its importance in the art world neoekspressionista, Baselitz also is the founder of the movement “New wild”.
master began his career at the turn of 1950-1960-ies and immediately established himself as an artist, “scandalous”. In those days, Baselitz was open to experimentation with painting of the subject and announced his rejection of abstraction in art, so he find a lot of like-minded people. Together with them, the artist was guided by the classic German expressionism, proclaiming a return to figurative art, color, spontaneous methods of creating works.
Baselitz relies on pictorial form, without trying to interpret a story. In his paintings, he soon demonstrated an artistic dialogue with his fate that determined his unique place in the art of the 60s.
The exhibition, which will present to the St. Petersburg art lovers will pictorial canvases, graphics and watercolors, made master of the past 20 years. The work will come to the city on the Neva River from the Albertina Museum in Vienna and joined the picture Georg Baselitz “Bottle and an eagle” (1977-1978), exhibited at the permanent exhibition “Museum Ludwig in the Russian Museum»
Location:. Marble Palace Millionnaya Street. , 5/1
Date: 16 July – 1 October Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday – from 10:00 to 18:00, Thursday – 13:00 to 21:00; Tuesday – day off