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// Mul, Bul, Dang Sentimentality by A.R. Penck is a limited-edition woodcut that exemplifies Penck's signature style of expressive, abstract figures rendered in bold, primary colors against a stark black background. The composition features fragmented, gestural forms in red, white, and blue, evoking a sense of raw, unfiltered emotion. Penck's use of symbolic shapes and simplified lines reflects his interest in universal themes and primal human expression, often linked to his critiques of societal and political issues. The figures appear both dynamic and fragmented, suggesting movement and chaos, yet they are balanced within the structured format. This print is emblematic of Penck’s exploration of human experience through a primitive, almost tribal visual language.

A.R. Penck (Germany, 1939–2017), born Ralf Winkler, was a neo-expressionist artist known for his bold, symbolic paintings and sculptures. His works often featured stick figures and graphic symbols, addressing themes of power, conflict, and humanity. Emerging from East Germany, Penck’s art became a defining voice of postwar European expressionism.

A.R. Penck

Mul, Bul, Dang Sentimentality

Name: Mul, Bul, Dang Sentimentality
SKU: 4340

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Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

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Woodcut

WoodcutWoodcut is a printing technique where an image is carved into the surface of a woodblock using gouges, with the remaining flat surface holding the ink for printing. The areas cut away by the artist do not carry ink, while the uncut areas do, producing the desired print. The carving follows the wood's grain, unlike wood engraving, where the block is cut across the end-grain. Ink is applied to the surface with a roller, ensuring only the flat, uncarved areas receive ink, leaving the recessed, non-printing areas clean.

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Edition of 3000

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What we have here is a true democratisation of art.
- A.R. Penck

A.R. Penck is a German sculptor, printmaker, painter and jazz percussionist. His early artistic education took place with other neo-expressionist painters in the city of Dresden, and he joined such figures as Georg Baselitz, Joerg Immendorff and Markus Luepertz, all of whom were considered as instigators of dissident by the East German government.
Their work appeared in several West Berlin shows in the 1970s, moving on to major galleries and museums in Western Europe in the 1980s, most famously in the "New Art" show at London's Tate Gallery in 1983. In the 1980s, A.R. Penck was known for paintings featuring human forms drawn with neo-primitivist design, including pictographic elements, human figures and other forms that appear on totems. His work continued to show up in many significant shows in New York City and London. A.R. Penck’s sculpture is less well known but expresses the same ideas as his drawings and paintings in terms of primitivism. His sculptures incorporate everyday materials such as cardboard, bottles, tin cans and wood, and they show crude assembly methods to evoke that primitive ambiance.