WHETHER TO PUT A PAINTING UPSIDE DOWN IS OF IMPORTANCE I REALLY DO NOT THINK SO BUT IN THE CASE OF ARTIST GEORG BASELITZ IT WORKS SINCE MANY YEARS. BASELITZ NOW INTERVIEWED BY GIOVANNI VALERIO FOR THE WEEKLY TICINO 7 SAID HE STARTED DOING IT TO CAPT PUBLIC ATTENTION. AS WE KNOW WITH MAGNIFICENT RESULTS. IF YOU OR I TODAY WOULD TURN ANY PAINTING UPSIDE DOWN THIS ALSO WILL BE CONSIDERED A GEORG BASELITZ. IT HAS BECOME HIS SUCCESSFUL TRADEMARK. THE SIGNATURE HAS BECOME IN TODAYS ART MARKET OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE AS WELL AS IN FASHION WHERE MOST PEOPLE FIRST OF ALL LOOK AFTER THE NAME OF THE DESIGNER AS A LABEL OF QUALITY AND STYLE.
LAST WEEK AT AUCTION A SMALL BOX CONTAINING SOME EXCREMENTS OF THE LATE MANZONI HAMMER SOLD FOR A 120.000 EURO.
WHAT WE DO ACCLAIM TODAY AS VALUEABLE I STILL CONSIDER PART OF A RHETORIC WE DO NOT LEAVE BEHIND. WHY ? LIFE AND ART LIFE AS I PERCEIVE IT HAVE JUST BEGAN AND AS A FACT WILL ALWAYS BE AT A BEGINNING.
THE SPLENDOR OF DISCOVERING SOURCES KEEPS PROGRESSING BECAUSE OF EVOLUTION. SOURCES REMAIN TO BE COMBINED WITH WHAT WE SHALL ADD TO IT, BUT I SEE WE ONLY ADD THAT WHAT WAS DONE AT THE BEGINNING. WE KEEP TURNING IN CIRCLES.
THE BEGINNING OF ALWAYS ALSO REMAINS PICTURED UPSIDE DOWN. WHETHER LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN MAKES BETTER MUSIC
THAN THE ROLLING STONES IS A MATTER OF TASTE AND THUS CONDITIONED BY ACTUALITY. CLIMATE OF UNDERSTANDING, MADE OF WONDERING.
THE OUTCOME OF SEX HAS NOT CHANGED YET BUT THE WAY WE TRY TO PERCEIVE SEX IN MANY WAYS. AFTER ALL YOU STILL CAN HANG UP YOUR BASELITZ AS YOU PREFER BUT YOU ALWAYS WILL HANG IT UP THE WAY THE ARTIST SAYS OTHERWISE YOU WOULD NOT BUY A BASELITZ .
WRONG?BASELITZ IS ON EXHIBITION AT TL MUSEO DI ARTE MODERNA IN LUGANO UNTIL 23 SEPTEMBER 2007
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