Neo Rauch Begleiter. The Myth of Realism

12.03 – 15.05.2011 Neo Rauch Begleiter. The Myth of Realism

Zachęta National Gallery of Art

curator: Joanna Kiliszek
co-operation on the part of Zachęta: Katarzyna Kołodziej, Julia Leopold

The Neo Rauch exhibition in the Zachęta National Gallery of Art is the first full overview of the painting of an artist who is an outstanding phenomenon of the German and European scene. This show will also be one of the relatively few presentations of German art made in Poland over recent years.

To mark the occasion of Neo Rauch’s 50th birthday, two simultaneous exhibitions dedicated to his work were held from April in the Museum der Bildende Künste Lepizig and also in the Pinakothek der Moderne in Münich. With reference to these, a retrospective of the painter’s work will be held in Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw. The exceptional quality of Neo Rauch’s painting has up until now not been presented in Poland from such a wide perspective as will be the case in Zachęta. The exhibition will encompass several dozen works made from 1993 to today.

Rauch’s paintings, principally maintained within a bright colour-scheme, present most often figurative scenes playing themselves out on several superimposed surfaces. In his painting is visible the influence of two traditions in German painting: expressionism and symbolism. Neo Rauch’s exceptional position on the art scene is created by the fact that, by drawing on the specificity of German realism, he always succeeds in discovering in European mythology the image of a person and developing it in many diverse ways. He succeeds in connecting concrete contemporary issues with those of fundamental human conditions.

The exhibition under the patronage of Prof. Władysław Bartoszewski, the Minister for International Dialogue of the Polish Prime Minister’s Office and the German Ambassador in Poland, Mr. Rüdigera Freiherr v. Fritscha.

The exhibition will be accompanieb by a richly illustrated Polish-English catalogue with esays by the curator and Mathias Flügge – well-known German art-critic specialized in the Middle-Eastern Europe.

Neo Rauch. Biography

  • 1960 born in Leipzig
  • 1981–1986 studies painting at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig with Professor   Rink
  • 1986–1990 master student (Meisterschüler)
  • 1993–1998 Assistant at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
  • 2005–2009 Professorship Painting/Graphics at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
  • since 2009 Honorary Professor at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig

Lives and works in Leipzig.

Awards:

  • 1997 Art Award by Leipziger Volkszeitung, Germany
  • 2010 Award by Foundation Bibel und Kultur, Germany
  • 2005 Art Award Finkenwerder, Germany
  • 2002 Vincent van Gogh Bi-annual Award for Contemporary Art in Europe, Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht, The Netherlands

Solo-Exhibitions (selection):

  • 2011 Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
    Begleiter, Nationalgalerie Zacheta, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2010 Palais Beauharnais, Deutsche Botschaft Paris, France
    Begleiter, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
  • 2009 Schilfland, Galerie EIGEN  + ART, Berlin, Germany
  • 2007 para, Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Germany
    para, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
    Neo Rauch. Neue Rollen. Rudolphinum, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2006 Neo Rauch. Neue Rollen. Bilder 1993 bis heute, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
    Der Zeitraum, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, Germany
  • 2005 CAC, Malaga, Spain
    Sammlung der Leipziger Volkszeitung, Honolulu Academy of Arts
  • 2004 Neo Rauch, Albertina Wien, Vienna, Austria
  • 2003 Currents, The Saint Louis Art Museum, USA
  • 2002 Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • 2001 Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
  • 2000 Randgebiet, GfzK, Leipzig/ Haus der Kunst, München/ Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland
  • 1997 Art Award, Leipziger Volkszeitung, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany
  • 1993 Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, Germany

Group-Exhibitions (selection):

  • 2010 Das versprochene Land, Albertinum Dresden, Germany
    German Contemporary Painting, MASP - Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Die Bilder tun was mit mir..., Einblicke in die Sammlung Frieder Burda, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
    Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, Germany
    Luc Tuymans: Blick auf Zentraleuropa, Brugge Centraal, Bruges, Belgium
  • 2009 Bilderträume. Die Sammlung Ulla und Heiner Pietzsch, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
    Realismus in Leipzig, Drents Museum, Assen, Netherlands
    60 Jahre 60 Werke. Kunst aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1949–2009, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
  • 2008 Life After Death: New Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection, MASS MoCA, North   Adams; SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico; Katzen Arts Center Museum, Washington D.C.; Frye Art Museum, Seattle; Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Kemper    Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, USA (until 2008)
    Living Landscapes. A Journey through German Art, National Art Museum of China, Peking, China 
  • 2007 Visit(e). Werke aus der Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Palast der Schönen Künste, ING-Kulturzentrum am Kunstberg, Brussels,  Belgium
    The Present – Acquisition Monique Zajfen, Stedeliijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 2006 Made in Leipzig. Bilder aus einer Stadt, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
    Tokyo Blossoms. Deutsche Bank Collection Meets Zaha Hadid, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
    After Cézanne, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
  • 2005 Generation X. Junge Kunst aus der Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
    Contemporary Voices: Works from the UBS Art Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
    Gegenwärtig: Geschichtenerzähler, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
  • 2004 Not Afraid, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
    Aus deutscher Sicht, Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Staatliches Puschkin-Museum für bildende Künste, Moscow, Russia
    Territorio Livre, 26th Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil
  • 2003 Die Erfindung der Vergangenheit, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
    OUTLOOK, International Art Exhibition Athens, Greece
  • 2002 Cher Peintre, peins-moi/ Lieber Maler, male mir/ Dear Painter, Paint Me, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
    Eight Propositions in Contemporary Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
  • 2001 Plateau of Mankind. La Biennale di Venezia, Italy 
    Squatters, Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal / Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Information

Neo Rauch
Begleiter. The Myth of Realism
12.03 – 15.05.2011

Zachęta National Gallery of Art
pl. Małachowskiego 3, 00-916 Warsaw
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Exhibition under the patronage of Professor Władysław Bartoszewski, Minister for International Dialogue in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland and Mr Rüdiger Freiherr von Fritsch, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Poland.
Exhibition supported by the Cultural Foundation of Saxony, the Foundation for Polish-German cooperation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany and the additional funds of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
sponsor of the exhibition: AUDI
sponsors of the gallery: PERI, Lidex, Netia
sponsors of the opening ceremony: DeLonghi, Kenwood, Blikle, Freixenet
media patronage: Gazeta Wyborcza, Polityka, TOK FM, The Warsaw Voice, Stolica, Art&Business, artinfo.pl, Kultura Liberalna