Georg Baselitz Ohne Titel, 2021
Red ink on paper
65.9 x 50.9 cm (25.94 x 20.04 in)
I don’t illustrate Elke. If anything, I try to remove her, I usually can’t. She comes into the process whether I want it or not, through the back of my mind. Neutrality is a myth, but you can’t give up the fight. You have to fight the conventions of the genre and the subject itself in order to make something new. The point of portraiture is to leave the portrait behind so that you can go forward. — Georg Baselitz
