[no title] by Georg Baselitz

[no title] 1995

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Dimensions: image: 288 x 182 mm mount: 561 x 410 x 4 mm

Copyright: © Georg Baselitz | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate

Editor: This is an untitled print by Georg Baselitz, part of the Tate collection. It's got this tangled, almost overgrown feel to it, like a forest rendered in scratchy lines of olive and cream. What leaps out at you when you look at it? Curator: It reminds me of trying to recall a dream, grasping at fleeting images that dissolve as you try to hold onto them. Baselitz often plays with distortion and fragmentation, and this piece feels particularly raw, doesn't it? Almost as if he's capturing a primal energy. Do you see any figures within the chaos? Editor: I think so! There are hints of figures, maybe even faces, but they're so abstracted. The overall impression is less of distinct forms and more of a feeling, an atmosphere. Curator: Precisely! Baselitz invites us to tap into our own subconscious. It's about the experience, the emotional resonance. What began as visual observation transmutes into something felt. Editor: That makes a lot of sense. It’s definitely made me rethink how I approach abstract work.

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Baselitz’s vigorous and expressive style, influenced by the drawing and paintings of the mentally ill, often represents the body as a site of anxiety. This series of prints show a female figure crouching and twisted. The body is fragmented: in some works, the head is cropped, while others feature only isolated limbs. The hatched and scored quality adds to the sense of raw spontaneity and even violence. Many of the prints include flowers and vegetation which, with the use of greens and browns, suggest wild nature and fertility. Gallery label, July 2015