Jumping Figure 1982

This print of a figure jumping was made by Georg Baselitz, who was born in Germany in 1938. It’s made of big, bold shapes in black and ochre, and the figure is turning upside down. It is so typical of Baselitz to show us the world from a different perspective, so we can see it with fresh eyes. I think about the artist making this and wonder if he’s thinking about gravity, and bodies flying through space. As a painter, I think so much about my own body, how it relates to the canvas, how far I can reach. I see in the work of other painters too, how they are feeling as they make marks and how they extend themselves into the world. It makes me think about his contemporaries too, like Kiefer, and all the other German painters looking for new ways to think about painting after the war. They keep me jumping too!