GEORGE BASELITZ
[DV96817]

A documentary by filmmaker and art critic Heinz Peter Schwerfel oncontroversial German painter Georg Baselitz, who once referred to Germanpainting traditions as ugly provoked censors with the sexual content of hispostmodern works, and became famous for a series of upside-down paintings. This film looks at Baselitz at two points during his life. Once in 1987 on the occasion of his retrospective at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn at the age of 50, and 17 years later, when Schwerfel asked the artist to reexamine hisprevious statements and to discuss the themes of his current work. Baselitz manages to stand outside 'isms' of art yet remain central to its history" (Norman Rosenthal Curator for the Royal Academy of the Arts). In German with Heinz Peter Schwerfel---Germany---2004---97 mins."

Directed by: Schwerfel, Heinz Pet

Running time: 97

Year: 2004

German with English Subtitles