Neo Rauch
20 Apr - 15 Aug 2010
Neo Rauch, Wahl, 1998, Acquired by PIN., 2003, © Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Pinakothek der Moderne, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2010
Parallel exhibitions in the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
Neo Rauch (b. 1960 in Leipzig) is one of the most exceptional and intensely discussed international artists of our times. His unmistakable work has transported the history of figurative painting in the 20th century - that found its chief proponents in Beckmann, Bacon and Baselitz - into the present. The retrospective, to be held at the same time in Leipzig and Munich, will provide a comprehensive overview of Rauch's complete oeuvre.
Rauch's early, mostly large-format paintings are reminiscent of film or propaganda images in which strange events seem to be taking place. The protagonists are depicted handling devices that are hard to identify, and are shown creating rooms or measuring landscapes. Around 120 paintings in the two venues provide a comprehensive overview of the many different layers in the development of the artist's work. Older paintings from private collections (mostly from overseas) which have never been shown to the general public will also be exhibited, as well as works produced in the past five years. The two exhibition venues will be structured differently, each following its own thematic focus.
The concept of the exhibition is being devised in close cooperation with the artist, the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
Neo Rauch (b. 1960 in Leipzig) is one of the most exceptional and intensely discussed international artists of our times. His unmistakable work has transported the history of figurative painting in the 20th century - that found its chief proponents in Beckmann, Bacon and Baselitz - into the present. The retrospective, to be held at the same time in Leipzig and Munich, will provide a comprehensive overview of Rauch's complete oeuvre.
Rauch's early, mostly large-format paintings are reminiscent of film or propaganda images in which strange events seem to be taking place. The protagonists are depicted handling devices that are hard to identify, and are shown creating rooms or measuring landscapes. Around 120 paintings in the two venues provide a comprehensive overview of the many different layers in the development of the artist's work. Older paintings from private collections (mostly from overseas) which have never been shown to the general public will also be exhibited, as well as works produced in the past five years. The two exhibition venues will be structured differently, each following its own thematic focus.
The concept of the exhibition is being devised in close cooperation with the artist, the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.