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Tate Liverpool + RIBA North Exhibition

Maria Lassnig

18 May – 18 September 2016
Maria Lassnig, Double Self-portrait with Camera (Doppelselbstporträt mit Kamera) 1974

Maria Lassnig, 1919-2014

Double Self-Portrait with Camera 1974

(Doppelselbstporträt mit Kamera) 1974

Oil paint on canvas

1800 x 1800 mm

© Maria Lassnig Foundation © Artothek of the Republic of Austria, permanent loan, Belvedere Vienna

The first UK retrospective of one of the twentieth century's most original painters

Maria Lassnig, Lady with Brain c.1990

Maria Lassnig, Lady with Brain c.1990 © Maria Lassnig Foundation

Maria Lassnig, Inside and Outside the Canvas IV 1984-5

Maria Lassnig, Inside and Outside the Canvas IV 1984-5 © Maria Lassnig Foundation

Maria Lassnig, Expressive Self-portrait 1945

Maria Lassnig, Expressive Self-portrait 1945 © Maria Lassnig Foundation

Photo of Maria Lassnig painting in her studio, Vienna 1982

Maria Lassnig in her studio, Vienna 1982 © Maria Lassnig Foundation. Photo: Heimo Kuchling

Maria Lassnig close up shot

Maria Lassnig © Maria Lassnig Foundation. Photo: © Bettina Flitner

Featuring  40 large scale paintings that reveal her long standing exploration of the body and self-representation the exhibition spans her career; from work made during the 1940s in Vienna, periods spent in Paris and New York, her return to Austria in 1980 and paintings made in the final years of her life .

Influenced at an early stage by art movements that celebrate gestural, informal and spontaneous practice such as art informel, tachisme and surrealism, Lassnig developed a singular body of work, making boldly expressive, brightly coloured oil paintings with the human figure at the centre of her compositions.  Using herself as the subject of her paintings, they address the fragility of the body, the ageing process and the passing of time.

Despite being largely underrepresented until recent years, Maria Lassnig has played an influential role in the development of painting in the 20th and 21st centuries and her work has been met with critical acclaim and inspired other artists such as Paul McCarthy and Martin Kippenberger.

Please note, the exhibition will be staying open until 19.00, 16 September 2016 as part of Late at Tate Liverpool.

The exhibition will run in parallel with Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms.

Tate Liverpool + RIBA North

Mann Island
Liverpool L3 1BP
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Dates

18 May – 18 September 2016

Supported by

The Austrian Cultural Forum

Tate Liverpool Members

Publication supported by Maria Lassnig Foundation

What a stroke of curatorial inspiration at Tate Liverpool to show these painters [Maria Lassnig and Francis Bacon] together, in two impressive solo presentations, independent yet sparking myriad connections.

The Financial Times

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