Georg Baselitz: The Last Decade Solo exhibition at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul
The Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM) is proud to present an exhibition of works by German painter, printmaker and sculptor Georg Baselitz, a leading figure in contemporary art. Titled Georg Baselitz: The Last Decade, the exhibition will feature close to one hundred large-scale paintings and sculptures created by Baselitz in the past decade, displayed throughout all gallery spaces and the garden of the SSM. Concurrently, a comprehensive selection of the artist's engravings will be showcased at Akbank Sanat. The exhibition will be curated by Sir Norman Rosenthal, an expert on the artist’s work.
Georg Baselitz has had a profound influence on the international art world since the 1980s, forging a new identity for German art in the aftermath of the Second World War. His unique style, characterised by his practice of painting compositions upside down since 1969, seeks to decontextualise form and stand between abstraction and figuration, thereby revolutionising a once-traditional medium.
