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The Mus�e d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is presenting Markus L�pertz's first retrospective in France. This artist's imagination and creativity have long made him a major figure on the European art scene, whose paintings, sculptures, drawings and poems involve a constant questioning of art and the role of the artist. Comprising some 140 iconic works, this catalogue retraces L�pertz's career from his most recent pieces - including the Arcadia series of 2012 - back to his beginnings in the 1960s.
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Anti-abstract Markus Lüpertz has never believed in the purely representational purpose of art, but, in his own words, has always been »searching for the potential picture« and thus doesn't feel bound by any one style. Precisely for this reason, he has succeeded in freely creating works from a vast fund of artistic and historic-cultural material, devising coded paintings that bear his emphatic signature and which are themselves redolent of a mature and energetic freedom, which is in turn regarded by many a generation of artists as exemplary. In this way, younger artists, such as Peter Doig, Tal R, or Thomas Houseago, have been avid fans for some time now. The exhibition, and the comprehens...
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To German painter and sculptor Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941), it is blindingly obvious that art far transcends everyday life. Wherever possible he proclaims this view, which stands in stark contrast to the contemporary discourse, in which art has to compete with vulgar entertainment and lifestyle. In the media, he underlines his message with his impeccable and self-assured performance as the 'Painter prince'. The superiority of art to everyday life is likewise expressed in various ways in the architecture of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. This similarity is the point of departure for the forthcoming major retrospective of Lüperz's work. The exhibition will be arranged thematically rather than chronologically and will focus not only on recent work and the highlights of the artist's oeuvre, but also on the brilliant personality of Lüpertz himself.0Exhibition: Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (until 2.10.2011) 0.
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Coming up on the 70th birthday of Czech master Marcus Lupertz, this handsome, large-format exhibition catalog presents some of his fine drawings, small sculptures and bozetti (sketches or maquettes) from a recent Regensburg show. Last year's comprehensive retrospective in Bonn was devoted to the large-scale sculpture and painting of this internationally lauded pillar of the Modern movement. The works here are some of Lupertz's most beautiful, influenced by classicism and mythology (or reacting against it), featuring small oils, watercolor and striking hand-painted sculptures. In an accompanying text, Andrea Madesta shows how Lupertz is constantly questioning the art that has gone before him, staging himself as a "force at the heart of creation."