The critical reflection of his work against a new temporal background has always been a defining feature in the art of Georg Baselitz (b. 1938). In the past decade, the interpretation of programmatic works has assumed a more dominant role. Baselitz appropriates the original versions' significant features using a very different formal approach. The previous effect of the powerful ductus of the saturated opaque paint opposes the lucid transparency of the paint drippings in the "Remix" Series, which seem to liquefy the motifs and graphically dissolve them. The ease of this approach liberates the representation of content and meaning, which transposes the artist's thinking and work into a contemporary key. In this sense, the "Black Paintings", produced since late 2012, appear as a logical reversal of this formal approach, which invokes the remote character of Baselitz's work. The exhibition at Haus der Kunst presents these new series of works alongside black bronze sculptures that were created during the same period. The formal and contextual renewal to which Baselitz repeatedly subjects his own work is demonstrated retrospectively using related and complementary examples from the mid-1960s to today.

Support for the exhibition is provided by Gesellschaft der Freunde Haus der Kunst e. V.; Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg • Paris; White Cube, London; Gagosian Gallery, London and New York. 

Georg Baselitz: Bei Willem, 2009. Oil on canvas. Goetz Collection Munich © Georg Baselitz, 2014 Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Georg Baselitz: Bei Willem, 2009. Oil on canvas. Goetz Collection Munich © Georg Baselitz, 2014 Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Georg Baselitz: Elke negativ blau, 2012 Oil on canvas. Hélène Nguyen-Ban © Georg Baselitz, 2014 Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Georg Baselitz: Elke negativ blau, 2012 Oil on canvas. Hélène Nguyen-Ban © Georg Baselitz, 2014 Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Georg Baselitz: Vorwärts im Mai, 2012 Oil on canvas. Private collection © Georg Baselitz, 2014 Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Georg Baselitz: Vorwärts im Mai, 2012 Oil on canvas. Private collection © Georg Baselitz, 2014 Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Georg Baselitz: Ich esse stenk, 2013 Oil on canvas © Georg Baselitz, 2014 Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris - Salzburg Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Georg Baselitz: Ich esse stenk, 2013 Oil on canvas © Georg Baselitz, 2014 Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris - Salzburg Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Georg Baselitz BDM Gruppe, 2012 Patinated bronze. The George Economou Collection © Georg Baselitz, 2014 Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Georg Baselitz BDM Gruppe, 2012 Patinated bronze. The George Economou Collection © Georg Baselitz, 2014 Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Georg Baselitz Yellow Song, 2013 Patinated bronze © Georg Baselitz, 2014 Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris - Salzburg Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Georg Baselitz Yellow Song, 2013 Patinated bronze © Georg Baselitz, 2014 Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris - Salzburg Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter
Georg Baselitz, installation view Haus der Kunst, 2014, photo: Max Geuter