One of Germany's best-known artists, Joerg Immendorff, has opened a solo exhibition in Beijing's White Space Gallery.
   
It is the controversial artist's third showing in the Chinese capital. His neo-expressionist paintings, all created in 2003 and the first half of 2004, include 50 watercolors, 16 oil paintings, 2 prints and 3 sculptures.
   
Immendorff was forced to stop painting last year due to a nerve disease. He also received an 11-month suspended jail sentence for taking cocaine in 2004.
   
Famous for his large paintings and stage design, his work was once shown at the Biennial in Venice.

(CRI.com.cn March 15, 2005)