Exhibition in Dresden presents a selection of Georg Baselitz's graphic works

Georg Baselitz (born in 1938 in Deutschbaselitz, Saxony) is considered one of the world’s greatest masters of contemporary painting. This mastery is also reflected in an especially subtle manner in his graphic art. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, the Kupferstich-Kabinett (Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs) at Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD) is holding a large exhibition presenting a selection of his graphic works from the past five decades in context with German, Italian and Dutch Old Master prints. It is focused on, but not restricted to, Mannerism. The exhibition “Baselitz Maniera – Nonconformism as a source of imagination” is showing a total of 143 pieces from the Kupferstich-Kabinett’s own archive, from the collection of Günther and Annemarie Gercken, from the G. and A. Gercken Foundation at the SKD and from Staatliche Graphische Sammlung in Munich. This concentrated selection s