Baselitz – Academy
This book was published on the occasion of Baselitz – Academy at Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, the first exhibition devoted to a living artist at the prestigious institution. The richly illustrated monograph traces the arc of Baselitz’s extraordinary sixty-year career through his relationship with Italy and the academic tradition.
Featuring more than two hundred reproductions, it provides a thorough overview of the artist’s various cycles and stylistic phases. An essay by art historian and curator Kosme de Barañano is accompanied by a conversation with the artist, an introduction by Paolo Marini, and an essay by Michele Tavola, as well as copious full-page plates, archival photographs, and illustrations highlighting Baselitz’s sources and inspirations. Together, they reveal an artist confronting academic genres and painting traditions and reinterpreting them in provocative and sometimes unsettling ways.
Publisher: Gagosian
Publication date: 2019
Contributors: Georg Baselitz, Kosme de Barañano, Paola Marini, Michele Tavola
Designer: Goto Design, New York
Printer: Conti Tipocolor, Florence, Italy
Distributor: Rizzoli International Publications, New York
Format: Hardcover
Dimensions: 10 1/2 × 13 inches (26.7 × 33 cm)
Pages: 288
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-8478-6741-7
