Describe and analyze the Neo-Expressionist paintings Die Brückenchor by Georg Baselitz (Figure 25.2) and Uncle Rudi by Gerhard Richter (Figure 25.8), with an emphasis on artists’ brushwork and use of color, in addition to the content, addressing how the artists used their paintings to reckon with Germany’s history.

Instructions: You are to respond to the following two prompts after completing the assigned reading. Please do not conduct additional research. You must work on your responses independently and they are to be phrased in your own words. If you quote from the assigned readings, please keep it to a minimum, and include proper citations. Plagiarized responses will not receive credit. Each response should be roughly a paragraph or two in length, single or double-spaced. Answer ALL components of the prompt and use chapter 25 powerpoint and readings.

Reading Assignment (Painting’s Return)

History of Modern Art: Chapter 25: Painting Through History, 666-680; 687-692

Art in Theory: Gerhard Richter, from “Interview with Benjamin Buchloh” 1988, 1147-1157

Chapter 25 powerpoint

1. Describe and analyze the Neo-Expressionist paintings Die Brückenchor by Georg Baselitz (Figure 25.2) and Uncle Rudi by Gerhard Richter (Figure 25.8), with an emphasis on artists’ brushwork and use of color, in addition to the content, addressing how the artists used their paintings to reckon with Germany’s history.

2. Arnason and Mansfield state, “As in the work of Polke and Salle, the compositional force of Basquiat’s work lies not in its fidelity to expected rules of composition, but rather in the poetic juxtaposition—sometimes abrasive, sometimes soothing—of a variety of images, signs, and symbols” (688). Explain how this true by analyzing the artwork Grillo by Jean-Michel Basquiat (Figure 25.32) and a painting by Sigmund Polke and David Salle from the Chapter 25 PowerPoint.