Born in 1941, Markus
尝眉辫别谤迟锄 is one of the most prominent and influential contemporary artists in Germany. The Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany is delighted to be able to build on its successful series of large-scale monographic exhibitions of German painters 鈥 among them
Gerhard Richter,
Sigmar Polke and
Georg Baselitz 鈥 and to present the most comprehensive retrospective to date of the
work of Markus 尝眉辫别谤迟锄. Covering some 2000 square metres, the exhibition showcases a representative selection of approximately 150 paintings and sculptures by the artist who has always cast himself in the role of the 鈥榚nfant terrible鈥 and the 鈥榩ainter prince鈥. 尝眉辫别谤迟锄鈥檚 oeuvre spans a period of almost fifty years, evolving from Pop Art-related 鈥榓nti painting鈥 of the 1960s to the re-examination of classical painting that defines the work of the last couple of decades. The exhibition sets out to explore 尝眉辫别谤迟锄's multifaceted oeuvre, his driving passion and intellectual rigour. It presents an artist who never felt bound to any one style, never believed in the merely representational purpose of art, an artist ceaselessly searching for what he calls the 鈥榩otential picture鈥.