Dated 12 December 1985, Derneburg. Given as a lecture at the Rijskakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, 1 October 1987; the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1 December 1987; Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 28 February 1991. First published in German, Das Rustzeug der Maler. Origjnal handwritten manuscript published in Georg Baselitz: Neue Arbeiten, catalogue of the exhibition, Michaël Werner gallery, Cologne, 1987. Also published in The Burlington Magazine, v. CXXX, n. 1021, avril 1988, p. 283-286

Author(s): Georg Baselitz

Associated movement:

Language : German

Medium : Oral, Lealfet, Poster

Original edition of the manifesto: Dated 12 December 1985, Derneburg. Given as a lecture at the Rijskakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, 1 October 1987; the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1 December 1987; Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 28 February 1991. First published in German, Das Rustzeug der Maler. Origjnal handwritten manuscript published in Georg Baselitz: Neue Arbeiten, catalogue of the exhibition, Michaël Werner gallery, Cologne, 1987. Also published in The Burlington Magazine, v. CXXX, n. 1021, avril 1988, p. 283-286

Where can we find this manifesto? Baselitz, exhibition catalogue, MAM, Paris, 1997,p. 171-175. https://doubleoperative.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/selected-manifestos_updated_small1.pdf

Link(s) to the manifesto:

Which critic recognizes the work as a manifesto ? or: Typical characteristics of a manifesto Danchev, Alex, 100 Artists' Manifestos. From the Futurists to the Stuckists, Penguin, Londres, 2011.

Editorial comments: The artist considers this text as a manifesto