Georg Baselitz: From his dialogue with time Review of the German artist's exhibition in Paris by Bettina Wohlfarth

At the entrance to Thaddaeus Ropac's elegantly restored gallery in Pantin, near Paris, a black, four-meter-tall bronze figure awaits visitors [...] In addition to the sculpture, Baselitz created a total of 22 paintings [...] as well as more than forty ink drawings. These are exclusively self-portraits and depictions of his wife Elke. In his daily life, Baselitz now supports himself with a walking frame. Instead of allowing this to limit his work, he uses the device as a new tool for his painting.

Using a walker, Baselitz carves wheel marks into the fresh paint and rolls over his pink, beige, or apricot-colored bodies. Footprints and drops of paint also appear in the paintings, which are mostly black, but also have grass-green or Picasso-blue grounds. The dance of the lines around the bodies, but also through them, gives rise to conflicting emotions.