Konferenz: Baselitz, Immendorff, Lüpertz, Penck Group exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg
The Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg in Holle, Germany, has opened a major group exhibition titled "Konferenz: Baselitz, Immendorff, Lüpertz, Penck." The show features over 50 significant works by the four celebrated post-war German artists, exploring their unique approaches to national identity during a period of political division. It includes pieces from Georg Baselitz's personal collection of his contemporaries' work, supplemented by archival photographs by Edward Quinn from the 1980s.
The exhibition is significant for examining a critical nexus in German art history, highlighting four artists who were intertwined through their shared representation by gallerist Michael Werner. They collectively rejected stylistic conformity, providing a broad view of generational artistic concerns in the decades leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall. The show also connects directly to the museum's history, as Baselitz lived and worked at Schloss Derneburg in the 1980s, adding a layer of site-specific relevance.