Baselitz in the White Cube

This exhibition has been one of the best ones, I´ve been to so far. the space of the white cube is ideal for baselitz´s massive paintings. They were quite simple though, but very precise. he repeated the subject of the eagle many times, so this was banging into the head. it reminded me to printing. It´s almost, that he is acting like a human printing machine, doing his motives again and again. The urge to produce stuff is incredible. But It seemed to me, as he would simplify his paintings, in order to produce more of them, and not to lose the equality of them by adding too many details. the stroke on top acted for me like a landscape, grabbing for the eagle to get him back on the ground. the fact, that the image is upside down works in a strange way, as he is depicting an animal, which is quite independent of -up- and -down-. also the fact that the eagle is a important national sign/symbol in germany (and other countries as well).

Here is an image of the german reichstag.