Die Universitätsbesetzung. 2002.
Acrylic and paper on canvas.
Signed, dated, titled and inscribed "WVZ: HCO-0017/02" on the reverse. 170 x 240 cm (66.9 x 94.4 in). [AW].

• Ottersbach alienates common visual material and poses new questions about the role of art and artists in contemporary society.
• Characterized by an extraordinary density and allure.
• Part of the major exhibition "In Erwartung der Ereignisse" at the Kunsthalle Tübingen in 2007.
• In 2009, he followed Neo Rauch as Professor of Painting and Graphic Art at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig.

PROVENANCE: Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the aboove in 2005).

EXHIBITION: In Erwartung der Ereignisse. Herbert C. Ottersbach. Werke 1995-2006, Kunsthalle Tübingen, January 13 - March 25, 2007, cat. no. 90 (illu. in color on p. 91).

In good condition. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of our knowledge.