Georg Baselitz: Sculptures 2011-2015 Solo Baselitz exhibit at Serpentine in London

This exhibition provides new insights into the artist’s process, and how his works inform one another across different mediums.

The sculptures in this exhibition were not originally intended for public view. They were made as maquettes, or models, in preparation for bronze works. Each wooden sculpture is made from a single tree trunk, which Baselitz carved down using power saws, axes and chisels. His solid, impactful figures retain the texture of timber, with distinctive incisions and notches across their surfaces. Exhibited at Serpentine South, which is surrounded by the trees of Kensington Gardens, these timber sculptures recall their original living forms in the forests of Saxony.