Anybody can do easy (Sigmar Polke)

German Art after 1970

Art of the 20th Century received significant impulses from positions of German artists. Especially in painting, artistic currents such as Expressionism, Bauhaus, New Objectivity and Surrealism had a strong impact on the Avant-garde before and shortly after the Second World War. In Abstraction as well as in figurative art, these German movements influenced various artistic positions in Europe and in the US. Also after 1970, numerous German artists belonged - and remain - amongst the most acclaimed international positions in Modern Art. In a certainly subjective but cautiously selected display, Galerie Thomas presents – not the comprehensive overview of a far richer art history – but an accentuated display of distinctive representatives. The exhibition, with partly large-sized works, features around 25 artists such as Anselm Kiefer, Jörg Immendorff, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Georg Baselitz, A.R. Penck, Günther Förg, Katharina Grosse, Karl Horst Hödicke, Markus Lüpertz, Neo Rauch and Rosemarie Trockel.