Kunsthalle Baden Baden
March 2013
March 9–June 23, 2013 Exclusively and for the first time ever in this combination, Elizabeth Peyton’s portraits of musicians are on view in Baden-Baden. The exhibition includes pictures of David Bowie, Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julian Casablancas, Jonas Kaufmann and Waltraud Meier. These portraits attest to Peyton’s intensive examination of a most vulnerable but at the same time pivotal moment in the process of artistic creation: singers in the act of performing. HERE SHE COMES NOW will present 30 oil paintings and works on paper from the last 20 years. The vast majority of the works in the exhibition belong in private American collections and have rarely or not at all been shown in Germany. In addition to that, Peyton will, for the first time, show a number of photographs—instant shots depicting live events—that are the point of departure for most of her works. These images will be reproduced in the exhibition catalog alongside respective paintings by the artist.