Georg Baselitz, born in 1938 in Germany as Hans-Georg Kern, is a towering figure in contemporary art known for his provocative and unconventional approach to painting and sculpture. Renowned for his distinctive, upside-down imagery, Baselitz challenges artistic conventions and traditional representations.
Emerging in the 1960s, he garnered attention with his “upside-down” paintings, deliberately flipping his subjects to disrupt the conventional viewing experience, encouraging audiences to engage with art beyond its literal representation. His expressive, often raw brushwork and vivid color palette convey emotional depth and intensity, confronting viewers with themes of identity, history, and the human condition.
Baselitz’s art has evolved over the decades, encompassing various styles and mediums, from his iconic “Heroes” series to sculptures and woodcuts. His bold, boundary-pushing style and unapologetic exploration of form and content have left an indelible mark on the art world, earning him global acclaim and solidifying his place as a trailblazer in contemporary art.
1938
Born in Deutschbaselitz / Germany
1956–1957Hochschule für bildende und angewandte Künste in East Berlin, Student of Walter Womacka and Herbert Behrens-Hangler
1957–1961Hochschule für Bildende Künste in West-Berlin, Student of Hann Trier
www.georgbaselitz.de
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2018
Georg Baselitz – Retrospektive zum 80-jährigen Geburtstag. Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, 21. Januar bis 29. April 2018[39]
Georg Baselitz – Werke auf Papier Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, 21. Januar bis 29. April 2018[40]
2017
Bild und Zeichnung, Michael Werner Kunsthandel, Köln, Germany
2016
The Heroes, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Jumping Over My Shadow, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
Die Helden, Städel Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Mit Richard Unterwegs. Druckgrafik von 1996 bis 2016″, Schloss Dachau, Dachau, Germany
Wir fahren aus, White Cube Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom
2015
Sigmunds Höhle / Sigmund’s Cave, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
GEORG BASELITZ. HOW IT BEGAN… Paintings and graphical works of the last
twenty years, Marble Palace, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Georg Baselitz & Emilio Vedova, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Georg Baselitz, White Cube, Glyndebourne Festival, Glyndebourne, England
Works from the Collection Frieder Burda, Frieder Burda Museum, Baden-Baden, Germany
Georg Baselitz, White Cube, Glyndebourne Festival
2014Georg Baselitz—Back then, in between, and today, Haus der Kunst, Munich
ARTIST ROOMS Georg Baselitz, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester
Georg Baselitz: Farewell Bill, Gagosian Gallery, London
2013 Le côté somber—new sculptures and paintings, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
BDM Gruppe. Victoria and Albert Museum, John Madjeski Garden, London
Georg Baselitz: Background Stories, Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden
Georg Baselitz. Aus der Sammlung—Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz
Georg Baselitz—Eugène Leroy. Le récit de condensation«, MUba Eugène Leroy de la Ville de Tourcoing
Georg Baselitz: Besuch bei Ernst Ludwig, Kirchner Museum, Davos
Georg Baselitz: Works from 1968 to 2012, Essl Museum, Vienna
Romantiker kaputt, Galerie Stihl, Waiblingen
Georg Baselitz: Hintergrundgeschichten, SMD Schloß, Dresden
Baselitz: Tier, Landschaft, Ort, Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See
Georg Baselitz, Albertina, Vienna
Georg Baselitz: Graphik, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim
Georg Baselitz: Remix, Galleria Bellinzona, Milan; Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio
2012 Romantiker kaputt, Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle
Das Negativ—New Works, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Georg Baselitz: Die Berliner Jahre. Bilder aus der Sammlung Baselitz, Potsdam
Georg Baselitz, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Georg Baselitz: Das Naturmotiv, Altana Kulturstiftung, Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe; Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Prinzenpalais, Oldenburg
2011Georg Baselitz: Le Monde à l’envers, tel qu’il est. Cabinet des Estampes, Lüttich
Georg Baselitz: Between Eagles and Pioneers, White Cube, London
Baselitz—Sculpteur, Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris—MAM/ARC, Paris
Georg Baselitz, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Woollahra
Georg Baselitz—Grafiken, Galerie Doris Hölder, Ravensburg
Lustspiel. Georg Baselitz / Arnulf Rainer. Neues aus dem Atelier, Arnulf Rainer Museum, Baden
Georg Baselitz: A la pointe du trait, Musée Cantini, Marseille
Georg Baselitz: Remix, Kunstforeningen GL Strand, Copenhagen
Georg Baselitz: The Early Sixties, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Folk Thing Zero, Villa Borghese
Georg Baselitz: 25 Jahre Meisterwerke. Niels Borch Jensen Galerie & Verlag, Berlin
Watercolours, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
2010Skulpturen, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Baselitz Re-Mixed, Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palac, Helsinki
Baselitz. 50 Jahre Malerei, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Georg Baselitz: Pinturas Recentes, Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo
Georg Baselitz: Non Conform, Galerie Terminus, Munich
Georg Baselitz Big Night (Remix) xylographies, Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris
Georg Baselitz: Ausstellung im Labyrinth, Kreissparkasse, Munich
Georg Baselitz: Editionen—Hommage à Catherine Putman, Galerie Jordan Seydoux, Berlin
Georg Baselitz, monumental sculptures, paintings and aquarelles, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Monumental Sculptures, Paintings and Aquarelles, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
2009 Baselitz: Derneburger Spuren 1975–2006, Sparkasse Hildesheim
Georg Baselitz: Volk Ding Zero—Folk Thing Zero, LWL—Landesmuseum für Klosterkultur, Münster
Georg Baselitz, Hotel des Arts, Toulon
Baselitz: 30 Jahre Skulptur, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Baselitz: 50 Jahre Malerei, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Dr. Freud Und Andere Musik, Contemporary Fine Arts—CFA, Berlin
Georg Baselitz. Dresdner Frauen, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Georg Baselitz, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac. Salzburg
Georg Baselitz: Obra reciente, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid
Georg Baselitz, 1960–2008, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague
Remix 65/66, Galerie Margareta Friesen, Dresden
Georg Baselitz, Galerie Henze & Ketterer & Triebold, Riehen
Georg Baselitz—Gemälde und Skulpturen 1960–2008, Museum der Moderne Salzburg
Georg Baselitz: Etchings, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Georg Baselitz, Galerie Radicke, Sankt Augustin
Georg Baselitz: Mrs Lenin and the Nightingale, White Cube, London
Georg Baselitz, Galerie Ruhnke, Potsdam
2008 Remix, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Georg Baselitz, MADRE Museo d’Arte Contemporeana Donnaregina, Naples
Georg Baselitz: La Grande Notte in Bianco, Gagosian Gallery, Rome
Baselitz auf Papier, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Georg Baselitz: Bildweg, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden
Georg Baselitz: Wer kennt Anna Selbdritt, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Georg Baselitz: 23 January 1938, Contemporary Fine Arts—CFA, Berlin
2007 Georg Baselitz: The Bridge Ghost’s Supper, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Georg Baselitz: Remix Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, West 24th St., New York
Georg Baselitz: A Retrospective, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Georg Baselitz, Museo Civico di Belle Arti, Lugano
The Russian Pictures, Musée d’Art Moderne, Saint-Étienne
The Russian Pictures, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
The Russian Pictures, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
Georg Baselitz: Remi, Albertina, Vienna
2006 Retrospektive, Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen
Baselitz, Eine einzige Leidenschaft—die Malerei, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne
Georg Baselitz: Remix, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Georg Baselitz: Works on Paper, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
2005 Georg Baselitz. Andere. Ansichten, Galerie Terminus, Munich
Georg Baselitz: Aquarelle, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
2004Georg Baselitz: Pictures That Turn Your Head, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
Georg Baselitz: Malelade, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe
Upside down, boy you turn me. Baselitz in der Hess Collection, Kunstmuseum, Bern
Georg Baselitz: Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
2003 Georg Baselitz—Monumentale Aquarelle, Albertina, Vienna
Georg Baselitz—Monumentale Aquarelle, FRAC de Picardie, Amiens
Georg Baselitz. Recent Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Georg Baselitz: New Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, Heddon St., London
1999The Large-Scale Prints of Georg Baselitz, Musée Rath, Geneva
Georg Baselitz. Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City
1998 Georg Baselitz—Portraits of Elke, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey
1997 Georg Baselitz: Recent Paintings, Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York
Retrospektive, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1996 Georg Baselitz: New Works, Galerie Springer, Berlin
Georg Baselitz, Los Angeles County Museum of Arts
Georg Baselitz, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gardens, Washington D.C.
Georg Baselitz, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
1995 Georg Baselitz. Retrospective exhibition, Guggenheim Museum, New York
(Traveled to Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, Los Angeles; Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. and Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (through 1996).
1991Georg Baselitz. Grabados 1964–1991, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzales, Valencia
1990 Georg Baselitz, Kunsthaus Zürich
Baselitz: The Hero Paintings, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1988 Georg Baselitz—Dipinti 1965–1987, Sala d’Arme di Palazzo Veccio, Florence
1987 Georg Baselitz: Sculpture and Early Woodcuts, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London
Georg Baselitz, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
1985Georg Baselitz—Vier Wände—Skulpturen, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Holzschnitte, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Retrospective, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Georg Baselitz: Sculptures et Gravures Monumentales, Galeries Mansart et Mazarine, Paris
1984 Georg Baselitz: Recent Paintings, Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery, New York
La Grande Parade, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1983Sculpture Retrospective, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux
1981 Straßenbild, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1979 Georg Baselitz, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Georg Baselitz, Kunsthalle Köln, Cologne
1976 Kupferstichkabinett. Kunstmuseum, Basel
1972 Georg Baselitz: Bilder und Zeichnungen, Kunstverein, Hamburg
Georg Baselitz—Portretten, Galerie im Goethe-Institut-Provisorium. Amsterdam
1970Georg Baselitz, Galerie Franz Dahlem, Galeriehaus in der Lindenstraße. Cologne
1966 Warum das Bild ‘Die großen Freunde’ ein gutes Bild ist!, Galerie Rudolf Springer, Berlin
1965Galerie Friedrich & Dahlem, Munich
1964 Galerie Michael Werner, Berlin
1963 Galerie Werner & Katz, Berlin
Group exhibitions (Selection)
2015Portraits from the École des Beaux-Arts Paris, The Drawing Center, New York
Painted Blind, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham
Natural Histories, Gagosian Gallery, Athens
2014 One Way: Peter Marino, Bass Museum of Art, Miami
BAD THOUGHTS, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Summer Presentation, De Pont Museum, Tilburg
Georg Baselitz, Anselm Kiefer, Harmony Korine, Robert Rauschenberg, Julian Schnabel, Rudolf Stingel, Franz West, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Germany divided: Baselitz and his generation, The British Museum, London
2013 Munch by Others, Haugar Art Museum, Tønsberg
From Gesture to Language, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai
Stories of History: Cy Twombly and Georg Baselitz, Guggenheim Bilbao
Albertina Contemporary, Albertina, Vienna
DISASTER / The End of Days, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
in progress. Werke aus der mumok Sammlung, mumok, Vienna
2012 Hieroglyphs, Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio
Zeitgespenster, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
BILDERBEDARF. The Civic and the Arts, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Stadt-Land-Fluss, Galerie Henze & Keterer, Wichtrach/Bern
The Biennale of the Art of Painting: Man In Focus, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle
Electric fields: Surrealism and beyond—La collection du Centre Pompidou, The Power Station of Art, Shanghai
Self Portrait, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek
Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Grotesque Factor, Museo Picasso Malaga
2011 Selections from the Guggenheim Bilbao Collection II, Guggenheim Bilbao
Flowers for Summer, Michael Werner, New York
Folk Thing Zero, Villa Borghese, Rome
Royal Academy Summer Show, Royal Academy, London
Made in Italy, Gagosian Gallery, Rome
Carolina Collects: 150 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art from Alumni Collections, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill
Un Corps Inattendu, Frac Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand
The Pilgrim, The Tourist, The Flaneur (and The Worker), Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
Compass—Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art New York«, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2010 Kupferstichkabinett, Between Thought and Action, White Cube, London
Inquiring Eyes: Greensboro Collects Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro
Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – SFMOMA
Villa Romana a Firenze: 105 anni di residenze per artisti, CAMeC—Centro de Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia
LE GRAND GESTE!—Informel and Abstract Expressionism, 1946–1964, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
The Wing in the Contemporary Art, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
2009 Scapa Memories, Eine Sammlung—Museum Tinguely, Basel
Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures, Los Angeles County Museum of Art – LACMA
Paint Made Flesh, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC.
7 x 14 Jubiläumsausstellung, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
La Escultura en la Colección del IVAM, IVAM—Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia
DEFIANCE & MELANCHOLY—German Painting from the Dresden Albertinum /
Galerie Neue Meister, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki
Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary
Drawings Collection, MoMA—Museum of Modern Art, New York
Wintry, Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Rome
War Cultures, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
2008 Zeichnungen aus dem Karl August Burckhardt-Koechlin-Fonds, Kunstmuseum Basel
Die Skulpturen der Maler, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
made in munich—editionen von 1968–2008, Haus der Kunst München
UBS Openings: Paintings from the 1980s, Tate Modern, London
Gouge: The Modern Woodcut 1870 to Now, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
XXth Century, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague
Auerbach, Soutine, Baselitz, Moholy Nagy, and Brandtner: Four Countries: Five Artists, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario
MATRIX/REDUX, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA
Blood on Paper: the Art of the Book, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
The Immediate Touch: German, Austrian, Swiss Drawings from St. Louis Collections,
1946–2007, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis
Whole Lotta Love, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
2007 Liebe auf den ersten Blick (Love at First Sight), Museum Würth, Künzelsau
Exposures: The Contemporary Self-Portrait, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Kunst nach 1970: Aus der Sammlung der Albertina, Albertina
A tribute—35 years of the Essl Collection, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Vienna
Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1-2-3: The Collection in Focus, Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
What Is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Paint It Blue, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen
2006 Silent Power—Baselitz, Immendorff, Lupertz, Penck, Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai
Eye on Europe—Prints, Books & Multiples, 1960 to Now,The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tokyo Blossoms, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Bucolica, the contemporary landscape, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Die Gesichter hinter den Bildern, The Columns, Seoul
Mirada multiple, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao
2005 The Figure In and Out of Space, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Benjamin Katz und Georg Baselitz, Attori a rovescio, Villa Faravelli, Imperia
Big Bang, Centre Pompidou—Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
Stratification: An Installation of Works since 1960, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge
Private/Corporate III, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
Contemporary Voices: Works from the UBS Art Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
2004The Tom Bendhem Collection, The London Jewish Museum of Art, London
Vision einer Sammlung, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Mönchsberg
Neue Räume in der Sammlung Moderne Kunst, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
German Art—Deutsche Kunst aus amerikanischer Sicht, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Modern Means: Continuity and Change in Art from 1880 to the Present, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
El regreso de los Gigantes—Pintura alemana 1975–1985 ón Deutsche Bank, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago
An International Legacy, Nevada Museum of Art NMA, Reno
Shanghai Art Museum: Encounters with Modernism, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
2003 Embracing the Present—The UBS Art Collection, Phoenix Art Museum
Soltanto un quadro al massimo: Cucchi-Baselitz, Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo
Collection Display – Positions in Painting: 1970–1985, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Un jardin secret – Collection Monique Dorsel et Emile Lanc, Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, La Louvière
50th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale, La Biennale di Venezia
Obras seleccionadas—Colección de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación “la Caixa.”, Patio Herreriano—Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español, Valladolid
2002 Confronting Identities in German Art, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago
Meisterwerke Der Graphischen Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Man in the Middle—From the Deutsche Bank collection, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Time Space Motion, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
A Selection from the Erasmus Collection—Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague
Rough Cuts—European Figurative Prints from Gauguin to Paladino, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2001 The Modern Woodcut. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Geometrie & Gestus, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Visionv, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota Aichi
A Journey Into Painting, Museo dell´ Arredo Contemporanea, Russi Ravenna
Mythic Proportions—Painting in the 1980’s, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami
2000The Cities Collect, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Visage: Painting and the Human Face in 20th-Century Art, National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto (MOMAK), Kyoto
Landschaften eines Jahrhunderts, MMK Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Wörlen, Passau
1999 Creacion y figura. Figuracion en el siglo XX, Fundacion Bancaja, Alicante
House of sculpture, Museum of Moden Art, Fort Worth
Kunst—Welten im dialog. Von Gauguin zur globalen Gegenwart, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Examining Pictures—Exhibition of 56 artists links generations of painters , Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago
The first view, ESSL Museum, Klosterneuburg
1998 Magie der Bäume, Fondation Beyeler, Basel
The Hess collection—new works, Forum d’art contemporain Casiono Luxembourg
Louisiana at 40. The collection Today, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek
1997 Menschenbilder, Kunsthalle Tübingen
Magasin 3. Selection from the collection, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst , Ishoj
La sculpture des peintres, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence
Skulptur—Projekte in Munster 1997, Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History, Münster
1996 Baselitz—Lüpertz, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
1995Unser Jahrhundert. Menschenbilder—Bilderwelten, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
The muse? Transforming the image of woman in Contemporary art, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Der Blick hinter den Spiegel—Bildnisse und Selbstbildnisse in der Sammlung Würth, Museum Würth, Künzelsau
1994 The Essential Gesture, Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach
German Art—Aspekte deutscher Kunst 1964/1994, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
The Tomantic Spirit in German Art 1790–1990, Royal Scottish Academy and Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland; Hayward Gallery and South Bank Centre, London, England and Haus der Kunst, Munich
1993 Denmark: Works 1990–1993, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen
1992 Transform. BildObjektSkulptur im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum und Kunsthalle
Documenta 9, Kassel
1991La sculpture contemporaine après 1970, Fondation Daniel Templon Musée Temporarire, Fréjus
Ansichten von Figur in der Moderne: Skulptur exemplarisch I, Städtische Museen Heilbronn
1989Einleuchten: Will, Vorstel & Simul in HH, Hamburg Deichtorhallen
Bilderstreit—Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig in den Rheinhallen der Köln Messe, Cologne
Sculpture, Centre national des arts plastiques Roeun
1988 Arbeit in Geschichte, Geschichte in Arbeit, Kunsthaus, Hamburg
Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Documenta 8, Kassel
1987L’époque, la mode, la morale, la passion, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Standing sculpture, Castello di Rivoli, Turin
1986 In Tandem: The painter/sculptor in the 20th century, Whitchapel Art Gallery, London
1985German Art in the 20th Century, Painting and SculptureRoyal Academy of Arts, London
The European Iceberg. Creativity in Germany and Italy Today, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Wild visionary spectral-new German Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adeleide; Art Gallery of western Australia, Perth, and National Art Gallery, Wellington
1984 Legendes. A Michel Montaigne, Musée d’art contemporain CAPC, Bordeaux
Bella Figura. Eine Skulptur-Ausstellung, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
Von hier aus. Zwei Monate neue deutsche Kunst in Düsseldorf, Messegelände Halle 13, Düsseldorf
An international Survey of recent painting and sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1983 Expressions: new art from Germany, Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis; The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; The contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
1982Zeitgeist, Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin
Documenta 7, Kassel
1981 A New Spirit in Painting, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1980 Modell für eine Skulptur, German Pavillion, Venice Biennial, Venice
1976 Galerieverein München, Munich
Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich
1975XIII Biennale, São Paulo
1974 Galerie Biedermann, Munich
1972 Documenta 5, Kassel
1966 Die große Freude, Galerie Springer
1962 2. Pandämonium, Berlin
19611. Pandämonium, Manifesto and Exhibition with Eugen Schönbeck, Berlin-Charlottenburg