Nothing Against Max, Peter Sorge
Peter Sorge
Nothing Against Max
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Peter Sorge

Nothing Against Max, 1982 – 1984


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Triptych, pencil, partially erased and stumped, and coloured pencil on cardboard
Inventory Number
17086
Object Number
17086A-C Z
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On the occasion of Max Beckmann’s (1884–1950) 100th birthday, Peter Sorge drew the large-scale triptych Nothing Against Max. Beckmann himself is seen in the sheet on the left, drawn in pencil after a photo of 1938, above him a detail of his triptych The Argonauts (1949/50). Sorge’s work combines fragments from a wide variety of media sources – for example Janet Leigh screaming in terror in the role of Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Psycho of 1960 – with details of Beckmann’s triptych. The medieval painting format points to art’s spiritual, originally religious purpose.

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15.11.2024