![[no title] by Georg Baselitz](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd2w8kbdekdi1gv.cloudfront.net%2FeyJidWNrZXQiOiAiYXJ0ZXJhLWltYWdlcy1idWNrZXQiLCAia2V5IjogImFydHdvcmtzL2IzZjIyNDBkLTkyM2ItNDNkMS1iMWIzLTE3ODIzNjA1ZmEzZC9iM2YyMjQwZC05MjNiLTQzZDEtYjFiMy0xNzgyMzYwNWZhM2RfZnVsbC5qcGciLCAiZWRpdHMiOiB7InJlc2l6ZSI6IHsid2lkdGgiOiAxOTIwLCAiaGVpZ2h0IjogMTkyMCwgImZpdCI6ICJpbnNpZGUifX19&w=2048&q=75)
Dimensions: image: 284 x 174 mm mount: 562 x 411 x 4 mm
Copyright: © Georg Baselitz | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This untitled work is an etching by Georg Baselitz, part of the Tate Collection. The upside-down figure, rendered in stark lines, feels incredibly raw and gestural. What strikes you most about its composition? Curator: The deliberate inversion disrupts conventional viewing habits, forcing a re-evaluation of form. The artist employs a stark economy of line, reducing the figure to its essential structure. Notice the interplay between positive and negative space; how does this contribute to the work’s overall tension? Editor: I see how the negative space amplifies the figure's isolation. Thanks, that’s a fresh perspective. Curator: Indeed, the work uses form to evoke that emotional response.
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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
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