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This artwork, Door to The Sun by Jörg Immendorff, is featured at Saatchi Gallery.
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Jörg Immendorff, Door to The Sun
 
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TITLE:  Door to The Sun
ARTIST:  Jörg Immendorff
WORK DATE:  1994
PERIOD:  20th century
CATEGORY:  Paintings
MATERIALS:  Oil on Canvas
SIZE:  h: 280 x w: 280 cm / h: 110.2 x w: 110.2 in
REGION:  German
STYLE:  Contemporary
PRICE:  Not for Sale
GALLERY:  Saatchi Gallery  +44 (0)20 7811 3070  Send Email
DESCRIPTION:  In later paintings Immendorff turns his concerns to the politics of the art world, drawing reference from and adding to a critical lexicon of art history. In Door to the Sun, his theatre is seen from backstage. The haloed silhouette of his mentor Beuys, dominating the arena, is rendered as a Wizard of Oz construction: not a man, but a museum, being slowly uncrated into the form of Immendorff. His ice forms, which previously symbolised the freezing decay of a nation, now embody the tools of painting.

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