Michael Werner Gallery, London presents an exhibition of recent paintings by Markus Lüpertz. Painted over the last four years in Italy and Germany, the artist masterfully combines Southern and Northern European painting traditions while creating work that is new, innovative and contemporary.
Adam, 2020
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
32 x 39 1/4 inches 81 x 100 cm
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Eva (Märkisch) (Eve [Märkisch]), 2017
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
39 1/4 x 32 inches 100 x 81 cm
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P.B. Märkisch, 2019
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
32 x 39 1/4 inches 81 x 100 cm
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Adam, 2020
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
78 3/4 x 102 1/4 inches 200 x 260 cm
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Erwartung (Adam) (Anticipation [Adam]), 2020
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
32 x 39 1/4 inches 81 x 100 cm
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Märkischer Reiter (Märkisch Rider), 2019
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
32 x 39 1/4 inches 81 x 100 cm
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Nymphe Märkisch (Nymph Märkisch), 2020
Mixed media on cardboard in artist’s frame
52 x 27 1/2 inches 132 x 70 cm
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Jasons Abschied (Jason’s Farewell), 2020
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
78 3/4 x 102 1/4 inches 200 x 260 cm
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Siethen See Fischer (Siethan Lake Fisherman), 2020
Mixed media on cardboard in artist’s frame
54 1/4 x 34 1/2 inches 138 x 87.5 cm
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Jason, 2020
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
Four parts, overall: 78 3/4 x 63 inches 200 x 160 cm
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Aktaion (Actaeon), 2020
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
74 3/4 x 141 3/4 inches 190 x 360 cm
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Schwarzes Boot (Black Boat), 2020
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
39 1/4 x 32 inches 100 x 81 cm
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Baumgabel (Tree Fork), 2020
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
45 3/4 x 38 1/4 inches 116 x 97 cm
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Märkische Allee III, 2017
Mixed media on canvas in artist’s frame
55 x 82 3/4 inches 140 x 210 cm
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The art historian Eric Darragon has said that Lüpertz “is a contemporary artist who wants a future for his works and finds it by thinking about the past.” In this new body of work, Lüpertz returns to the theme of Arcadia, a classic, pastoral utopia. Figures are pulled from Italian Renaissance and Dutch Golden Age paintings, given identities as characters from Greek mythology and placed into idyllic landscapes, largely inspired by the surroundings of his studio in Märkisch Wilmersdorf, Germany. A veteran painter who has exhibited worldwide for nearly sixty years, Lüpertz continues to explore art history and classicism and introduce new materials and methods in his oeuvre.
Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941, Liberec, Bohemia) is one of the most important and influential artists to emerge from post-war Germany. In recent years, major retrospective surveys have been shown at Kunst- und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn (2009); Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (2011); The Hermitage State Museum, St. Petersburg (2014); the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2015); the Hirshhorn Museum and the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (2017); and Haus der Kunst, Munich (2019).
Courtesy of Michael Werner Gallery