Baselitz – Academy 2021 moving freely within an ever-expanding

moving freely within an ever-expanding field of aesthetic issues and cultural inspirations

includes more than three hundred shots by Moneta Sleet Jr

Rude in the Good Way reads as both a self-aware echo of those foundational projects and another step forward in his practice

before traveling to Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

formally and conceptually reimagining established aesthetics and techniques by repurposing multiple woodblocks already carved for earlier ukiyo-e prints

Baselitz – Academy 2021 moving freely within an ever-expandingThis book was published on the occasion of Baselitz Academy at the Gallerie dellAccademia in Venice, the first exhibition devoted to a living artist at the prestigious institution. This reader includes Italian translations of the essays from the English language monograph, which traces the arc of Georg Baselitzs extraordinary sixty year career through his relationship with Italy and the academic tradition. The texts include an introduction by Paola