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// This untitled silkscreen print by Jörg Immendorff, often referred to as Red Man, presents a complex and symbolic scene. Created in 2006, it features a nude, red-hued figure crouching with hands over its head in a gesture of distress or contemplation. Surrounding the figure is a dark, grid-like background adorned with motifs of eyes and abstracted tree forms, which evoke a sense of surveillance, introspection, or existential tension. The contrast between the fleshy figure and the rigid, patterned background amplifies the sense of isolation and inner turmoil. Immendorff, known for his politically and socially charged works, seems to explore themes of vulnerability, societal pressure, and self-reflection in this evocative composition.

Jörg Immendorff (Germany, 1945–2007) was a German painter, sculptor, and stage designer associated with the Neue Wilde movement. His 'Café Deutschland' series critically examined German history and division. Immendorff's politically charged art often featured symbolic imagery, reflecting his engagement with social issues.

Jorg Immendorf

no title (Red Man), 2006

Name: no title (Red Man), 2006
SKU: 4446
Price: 2300.00 EUR
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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.

Medium

Silkscreen

Silkscreen Silkscreen is a printmaking method that uses a screen made of silk or other mesh fabric. The screen is treated with a substance that blocks ink in certain areas, allowing ink to pass through only in the desired sections. Each color in the print requires a separate screen.

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Edition of 100

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Jorg Immendorf

Ständchen für B und D, 1991/2003

Limited Edition Print

A member of the Neue Wilde movement, Jorg Immendorff received acclaim for his largely figurative work across the mediums of painting and sculpture – Jorg has explained the reason for his figurative style by simply stating: ‘something is beautiful if it is honest’. Among Immendorff’s earliest works was the LIDL group of performances, sculptures and paintings, all of which depicted iconographic motifs that one could expect to find among the make-believe world of a child - motifs included playhouses; goldfish, turtles and dogs, and the body of work was created as a derisive criticism of the present artistic pretensions. Immendorf was influenced by the works of Renato Guttuso, as evidenced in his Café Deutschland work - a series of sixteen large-scale, socio-political paintings that depicted disco-goers as a symbol of the division between East and West Germany. Immendorff was never afraid to challenge the social and political tensions of his time, and was on one occasion arrested for defaming the German flag after appearing outside West German Parliament with a wooden block tethered to his ankle – the block was labeled LIDL and painted in colours of the flag.

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Jorg Immendorf

no title (Red Man), 2006

107 x 78.5 cm

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