In addition to being an artist, Markus Lüpertz was a poet. Throughout the exhibition, share your Lüpertz-inspired poems with us to win prizes. Every other week, we’ll issue a new poetry challenge based on images or themes in the exhibition for fresh inspiration and chances to win.
Männer ohne Frauen. Parsifal (Men without Women: Parsifal), 1993. Oil and tempera on cardboard, 33 x 20 1/2 in. Private collection
THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE:
Create a haiku describing what you see in Lüpertz’s Männer ohne Frauen. Parsifal (Men without Women: Parsifal). A traditional haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count.
THIS WEEK’S PRIZE: Exhibition Prize Package (exhibition catalogue and other goodies from the museum shop)
TO ENTER: Leave your poem in the comments here, or share on social media with #LupertzPoem. We’ll select winners on Friday, August 4.
**UPDATE: The winning poem was submitted by Macie McKitrick:
castrated fluidity:
geometry flows
unhindered by soft waters
angles bend in pain
castrated fluidity:
geometry flows
unhindered by soft waters
angles bend in pain
Congratulations! You are the winner of an exhibition prize package. Please email contests@phillipscollection.org with “Poetry Challenge” in the subject line to claim your prize. Thank you for participating!
Amy Wike, The Phillips Collection
Freedom in color. Is not another form of love. The grial is love in a woman’s form
el color libre. Es otra forma de amor. El grial es tiene forma de mujer
desire to be with,
or long to be free of; yet,
the head of him’s her.
Restless nights, writhing
Pillow drooled in Cabernet
You are but a dream