Sculptor, painter and educator, Markus Lupertz was one of the most prominent of the German Neo-Expressionists. Together with artists like Anselm Kiefer, Jorg Immendorff, Georg Baselitz and A.R. Penck, he confronted a post-World War existence that embraced newfound prosperity built upon death and destruction.
More than other Neo-Expressionists, the German branch of the movement often reflected on their country’s Nazi past and the inner conflict between that fiercely nationalistic era and the generations that followed.
The 56 paintings and 25 sculptures currently on display at Redtory are from a more modern part of Lupertz’s oeuvre. Created in the last 10 years, they form an itinerant collection that is the largest solo exhibition of the artist’s work ever to come to China.
Statues of dismembered body parts meet canvases of figures that are reminiscent of Matisse – it’s notable that when Lupertz and his ilk started being called a movement, some critics referred to them as the ‘New Fauves,’ after the wild style created by Matisse and Derain.
Markus Lupertz in China will be on display in the Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art until August 3. If you want to get an idea of the brutish, wildly emotional style that characterized much of Neo-Expressionism, the exhibition will be open all week excluding Mondays.
When: 11am-7.30pm from Tuesday to Friday, 9.30am-7.30pm on Saturday and Sunday, until August 3.
Where: C3, Redtory, 128 Yuancun Siheng Lu, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 广州市天河区员村四横路128号红专厂艺术区C3
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