Chapter 1
Georg Baselitz and the art of inversion
Chapter 2
Gerhard Richter and the blurry truth
Chapter 3
Anselm Kiefer and the weight of history
Chapter 4
The Neue Wilden and the punk paint revolution
YOUR GOAL
Master of German painting after the war
Ch 4 · The Neue Wilden and the punk paint revolution
gertrude The Neue Wilden
(Call) "Colors loud and brushstrokes wild," (Response) "Yeah, punk paint took the art world!"
gertrude The Cologne branch of the Neue Wilden, including Martin Kippenberger, used humor and bad taste to mock art world snobbery.
gertrude In West Berlin, artists like Rainer Fetting painted the queer punk scene, clubs, and the Berlin Wall with frantic energy.
BETA
gertrude Match vibrant artworks to discover the rebellious spirit of German post-war painters.
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.
Quiz
What was the name of the self-managed gallery founded by young artists in West Berlin in 1977?
Quiz
The Neue Wilden belonged to which global 1980s art movement that revived expressive painting?
Quiz
Which Cologne-based artist of the Neue Wilden was famous for his ironic, humorous, and provocative art?
Quiz
In which gritty West Berlin district did the Neue Wilden artists open their self-managed gallery in 1977?
Quiz
What dominant 1970s art styles did the Neue Wilden rebel against by bringing back loud paint?
Quiz
In what other creative field did many Berlin artists of the Neue Wilden actively participate?