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Skorpion – Scorpio

A.R. Penck

Dovehouse Contemporary United Arab Emirates

Artwork details

Artist

A.R. Penck

Title

Skorpion - Scorpio

Description

Skorpion - Scorpio

By A.r. Penck

A.R. Penck was a German artist recognized for his neo-expressionist paintings and sculptures characterized by primitive symbols and stick-like figures, reflecting themes of human existence and societal structures.

1995

Silkscreen on heavy laid paper

36 5/8 x 48 1/4 in

93 x 122.7 cm

Edition of 10

Signed, dated and numbered

Date

1995

Medium

Silkscreen

Signature

Signed

Image

93 x 122.7 cm

Sheet

93 x 122.7 cm

Status

Available

Price

Price on request

The Artist

A.R. Penck

A.R. Penck was born in Germany in 1939. His creative abilities encompassed sculpture, printmaking, painting and jazz percussion. His artistic education began in his native town of Dresden, where the East German government labelled him a dissident, along with artists like Georg Baselitz, Joerg Immendorf, and Markus Luepertz. Their work earned a reputation through shows in West Berlin during the 1970s. In 1975, he won the Will Grohmann prize from the West Berlin Academy of Arts. By the 1980s, major galleries in Europe were paying attention to Penck’s art. Perhaps his most significant appearance during this period was as part of the 1983 “New Art” show at London’s Tate Gallery. His paintings featured stick-figures rendered in a neo-primitivist style that was to become his distinctive visual identity. Other pictographic and totem-like elements were prominent features of his painted work. His sculpture has received less attention, although it tends to embody the same sense of neo-primitivism as his drawings and paintings.