Georg Baselitz returns to White Cube Bermondsey after eight years with A Confession of My Sins. The show includes new large-scale paintings and works on paper that reflect on his 63 years of practice. Baselitz pays tribute to key inspirations, explores pictorial references from his youth and reflects on the significance of his early drawings.
In more recent works, such as The Painter in His Bed, etc. and Being in Love Then and Now the artist uses his personal iconography to explore the theme of himself and his wife. These works are exhibited in the 9x9x9 gallery alongside a selection of works on paper.
Other paintings, such as James Whistler’s Mother by James Whistler (The Maypole), re-enact her pose against a rich azure background. This recalls Picasso’s beach scenes of the late 1920s. Another painting, Marie-Thérèse in Dinard, directly references Picasso’s lover Marie-Thérèse Walter, suggesting a shared interest between Baselitz and Picasso in blending human and non-human elements.
Read more about the exhibition on the White Cube website.
Die Maschine malt zweimal A. A. (The Machine Paints A. A. Twice), 2023
Bob fliegt in den Himmel (Bob Flies up into the Sky), 2023
Oh ho, siamo ritornati, am deutschen Wesen, Weltgenesungsbild (Oh ho, Siamo ritornati, through the), 2023
