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// Schwarzes Schaf by Jörg Immendorff is a silkscreen print that combines surrealism with socio-political commentary. The artwork depicts a forest with stark, leafless black trees against a muted orange background. Among these trees, bizarre elements stand out: a large industrial machine or cannon and a nude figure with a surreal, mask-like face and exaggerated stance, who seems to navigate the scene with pointed sticks or spears. Floating above are small, colorful animal-like forms, adding a whimsical yet unsettling touch. Immendorff’s work often critiques societal structures and individual roles within them; here, the black sheep could symbolize an outsider’s perspective or dissent within a structured, industrialized world.

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

Schwarzes Schaf

Name: Schwarzes Schaf
SKU: 4479
Price: 1900.00 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.

Edition

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.

Artwork by Georg Baselitz

Who are the Neue Wilden?

Neue Wilden is the term German artists used for Neo-Expressionism. In the 1970s and 80s, expressive painting re-emerged in Germany, with artists embracing intense colors and broad brushstrokes. The movement grew in opposition to minimal and conceptual art, favoring a return to raw, emotional expression through bold and dynamic painting techniques.

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Jorg Immendorf

Schwarzes Schaf

78 x 106 cm

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