The Story
This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Georg Baselitz: Devotion at Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, New York. It includes new paintings and works on paper by Baselitz based on artists’ self-portraits. Baselitz’s interest in portraiture emerges from his fascination with memory and its inconsistencies, as well as his observation that every painting—even a portrait of another person—is the artist’s self-portrait. A text by Baselitz offers the reader a look inside his process, and an essay by Morgan Falconer contextualizes the series within Expressionism, portraiture, and the progression of the artist’s practice.
Description
This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Georg Baselitz: Devotion at Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, New York. It includes new paintings and works on paper by Baselitz based on artists’ self-portraits. Baselitz’s interest in portraiture emerges from his fascination with memory and its inconsistencies, as well as his observation that every painting—even a portrait of another person—is the artist’s self-portrait. A text by Baselitz offers the reader a look inside his process, and an essay by Morgan Falconer contextualizes the series within Expressionism, portraiture, and the progression of the artist’s practice.
