Neo-Expressionism

Neo-expressionism was a major 1980s revival of painting in an expressionist manner. It developed in several countries at once, as a reaction against the minimalism and conceptual art that had dominated the 1970s. It went by different names: in Germany, Neue Wilden ("new Fauves"); in Italy, Transavanguardia; and in France, Figuration Libre, which formed in 1981. The German painter Georg Baselitz began painting his motifs upside down in 1969, in an effort to overcome the representational, content-driven character of his earlier work.

Step back to see the figure, then come close to the brushwork and the thickness of the paint; if a figure is turned upside down, ask what that placement makes you look at.