The "painter prince" in Bonn

There's still time to catch the retrospective of Markus Lüpertz at the KAH in Bonn. This local painter and sculptor attended the School of Applied Arts in Krefeld and the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf before becoming director of the Düsseldorf Academy in 1986.  Lupertz developed a style he termed "dithyrambic painting," an expressive, figurative approach that stood in stark contrast to the abstract tendencies of the 1970's. Covering some 2000 square metres, the exhibition at the KAH showcases a representative selection of approximately 150 paintings and sculptures by the artist who has always cast himself in the role of the ‘enfant terrible’ and the ‘painter prince’. Lüpertz’s oeuvre spans a period of almost fifty years, evolving from Pop Art-related ‘anti painting’ 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 Lüpertz's 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 ‘potential picture’.

Until 17th January - Highways and Byways -  Markus Lüpertz
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland GmbH
Museumsmeile Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4, 53047 Bonn
T: 0228-9171-0
www.kah-bonn.de