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Auf den ersten Blick erscheint das Blatt von Georg Baselitz als eine stimmige Darstellung eines „großen Kopfes“. Ein Kreidestrich oberhalb der Bildmitte zerschneidet das Bild jedoch in zwei Streifen. Sowohl die Farbigkeit als auch die anatomischen Details der zwei Teile, die offensichtlich gegeneinander arbeiten, zerstören das Sujet vor den Augen des Betrachters. Derartige Frakturbilder stehen unmittelbar vor der berühmten Motivumkehr, mit der Baselitz herkömmliche Motive noch radikaler verneinte.
At first glance, this sheet by Georg Baselitz appears to be a coherent depiction of a “large head”. A chalk line above the center, however, cuts the picture into two strips. Both the difference in color and the anatomic details of the two parts that obviously work against each other destroy the subject before the eyes of the viewer. Fracture paintings such as this one immediately preceded the famous inverted motifs with which Baselitz negated conventional motifs even more radically.
At first glance, this sheet by Georg Baselitz appears to be a coherent depiction of a “large head”. A chalk line above the center, however, cuts the picture into two strips. Both the difference in color and the anatomic details of the two parts that obviously work against each other destroy the subject before the eyes of the viewer. Fracture paintings such as this one immediately preceded the famous inverted motifs with which Baselitz negated conventional motifs even more radically.