Markus Lüpertz, "Mercury, Design Model 7", 2005, Plaster painted, 71 x 30 x 29 cm. © Markus Lüpertz, courtesy Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne & New York

BERLIN.-His unerring brushwork and the intensity of his paintings have made Markus Lüpertz one of the most important German artists of the twentieth century. In parallel with his painting, the rector of the Düsseldorf Art Academy has produced an extensive sculptural oeuvre. His best-known sculptures include Eagle, located at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, and Mercury, which stands in front of the Post Tower in Bonn.

The present exhibition at Julius Werner Berlin documents the emergence of the artist’s ten-meter-high Mercury, messenger of the gods, on the basis of numerous bronze and plaster bozzetti, sections of the original casting mould, and drawings.

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