One of the most important post-World War II artists in Germany, Markus Lüpertz helped chronicle and shape the postwar image of his country, achieving enormous success across Europe. Astonishingly, this is his first major museum retrospective in the United States. This exhibition, organized in close collaboration with the artist himself, explores his five-decade career, from his earliest works—the perplexing “dithyrambs” and provocative manipulations of German motifs, such as helmets and fields of wheat—to the more recent paintings that are redolent with mythological subject matter and art historical allusions.
Markus Lüpertz
Markus Lüpertz
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The Phillips Collection, Washington DC

May 27 — September 03, 2017 • The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
© Photo : Lee Stalsworth / Courtesy of the Phillips Collection

May 27 — September 03, 2017 • The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
© Photo: Cathy Carver / Courtesy of the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

May 27 — September 03, 2017 • The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
© Photo: Cathy Carver / Courtesy of the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

May 27 — September 03, 2017 • The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
© Photo: Cathy Carver / Courtesy of the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden