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Tate Modern Exhibition

UBS Openings: Paintings from the 1980s

12 November 2008 – 13 April 2009
David Salle My Subjectivity 1981

David SalleMy Subjectivity 1981

Courtesy UBS Art Collection © DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2008

David Salle My Subjectivity 1981

David Salle My Subjectivity 1981

Towards the end of the 1970s, the dominance of conceptual art was challenged by a return to painting that was energetic and narrative. The moment was caught in an exhibition called A New Spirit in Painting. Looking back over more than twenty five years, this display recaptures that moment through exemplary works by a generation of artists from Italy, Germany, America and Britain. Taking the opportunity to combine paintings from The UBS Art Collection with significant Tate works, the display continues the sequence associated with the UBS and Tate partnership, opening up art to new audiences.

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12 November 2008 – 13 April 2009

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  • A.R. Penck (Ralf Winkler)

    1939 – 2017
  • Mimmo Paladino

    born 1948
  • Julian Schnabel

    born 1951
  • Georg Baselitz

    born 1938
  • Markus Lüpertz

    born 1941
  • Sandro Chia

    born 1946
  • David Salle

    born 1952
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