German painting after the war
Chapter 1
Georg Baselitz and the art of inversion
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Chapter 2
Gerhard Richter and the blurry truth
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Chapter 3
Anselm Kiefer and the weight of history
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Chapter 4
The Neue Wilden and the punk paint revolution
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YOUR GOAL
Master of German painting after the war
Ch 4 · The Neue Wilden and the punk paint revolution
gertrude (Call) "Colors loud and brushstrokes wild," (Response) "Yeah, punk paint took the art world!"
Fun Fact
Punk rock painters: Many artists of the Neue Wilden movement in Berlin were also musicians in underground punk and new wave bands.
Glossary
neue wilden (noun)
A group of German artists who rejected conceptualism in favor of intense, expressive, and figurative painting. In the late 1970s, Rainer Fetting and other Berlin-based painters championed this raw, confrontational aesthetic.
A group of German artists who rejected conceptualism in favor of intense, expressive, and figurative painting. In the late 1970s, Rainer Fetting and other Berlin-based painters championed this raw, confrontational aesthetic.
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What was the name of the self-managed gallery founded by young artists in West Berlin in 1977?
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The Neue Wilden belonged to which global 1980s art movement that revived expressive painting?
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Which Cologne-based artist of the Neue Wilden was famous for his ironic, humorous, and provocative art?
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In which gritty West Berlin district did the Neue Wilden artists open their self-managed gallery in 1977?
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What dominant 1970s art styles did the Neue Wilden rebel against by bringing back loud paint?
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In what other creative field did many Berlin artists of the Neue Wilden actively participate?