Neo Rauch

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Neo Rauch, Brühl (2007)

Neo Hanno Rauch (born April 18, 1960 in Leipzig ) is a German painter and university professor. He is internationally successful and is considered the most important representative of the so-called New Leipzig School .

Life and career

Neo Rauch's father Hanno Rauch, born in Gera in 1939, studied at the Leipzig University of Graphics and Book Art ; his mother Helga Wand studied book design in Leipzig . Four weeks after Neo's birth, both parents were killed at the age of 21 and 19 in a railway accident in Leipzig . Neo Rauch then grew up with his maternal grandparents in Aschersleben , who in turn were still comparatively young (the grandmother was 39 years old at the time of the accident). According to Rauch, nothing was missing and he later referred to the grandparents as "helicopter parents".

He put on the Extended Secondary School "Thomas Müntzer" (now School Stephaneum the) High School from. Rauch studied painting at the Leipzig University of Graphics and Book Art , first from 1981 to 1986 with Arno Rink and then from 1986 to 1990 as a master student with Bernhard Heisig . From 1993 to 1998 he worked as Arno Rink's assistant at the Leipzig Academy, from 2005 to 2009 as a university lecturer and from 2009 to 2014 as an honorary professor. His commitment went beyond the activity as a teacher; In 2007 he curated an exhibition with Timm Rautert entitled “You have to hurry if you want to see something…” at Gut Selikum in Neuss .

Neo Rauch is married to the painter Rosa Loy . The two have a grown son and live in Markkleeberg near Leipzig. He works in the former Leipzig cotton spinning mill . Rauch describes Leipzig as his home and artistic breeding ground: “It is a place of concentration and inspiration. The best ideas come to me here. "

Artistic work

The group exhibition “Young Artists in the Leipzig District” in the Lindenau Museum in Altenburg in 1986 marked the beginning of public awareness of Rauch's work. He rejected his pictures from the 1980s. In 1991 Neo Rauch had his first solo exhibition in the Leipzig gallery at Thomaskirchhof and in the same year in the Schwind gallery in Frankfurt. In 1993, Rolf Lauter , deputy director at the Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, discovered the artist's work and, thanks to the support of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation, realized his first non-commercial presentation of his latest pictures in the exhibition rooms of the Dresdner Bank AG Frankfurt. In the text of the catalog, Lauter referred to Rauch's combinatorial principle of sampling, which included elements from art history, paraphrases of surrealism and metaphors from everyday life and work. The first large institutional solo exhibition (“Randgebiet”) by Rauch was organized by Klaus Werner in 2000 at the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst in Leipzig. In 2006 the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg dedicated a retrospective to him. The small exhibition “para” followed in 2007 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York .

Rauch's imagery is characterized by a bright, opaque color and shows figures in overlapping spaces and times. The style permeates socialist realism , but is also influenced by pop art and comics . Conceptually, the work is close to surrealism and can be seen as magical realism. It is not uncommon for Rauch to dream up his subjects. The pictures are said to be “peculiar, suggestive and timeless”. In the magazine “Texte zur Kunst” he was portrayed as a representative of German neo-conservatism .

One of his discoverers, Roberta Smith , sparked enthusiasm for Neo Rauch in the USA with an article about the “painter who came out of the cold” . Rauch's pictures hang in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and in the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig and are shown in solo exhibitions, such as B. in the Vienna Albertina (2004/2005).

In 2006 Rauch published eight lithographs for five calendar stories by Botho Strauss under the title Der Mittler . In 2007 he designed templates for three windows with motifs from the life of Elisabeth of Thuringia for the Elisabeth Chapel in Naumburg Cathedral . At that time, around 1.5 million US dollars were paid for a work on the art market . Rauch is represented by Gerd Harry Lybke's gallery “Eigen + Art” in Leipzig and Berlin and by David Zwirner in New York.

On June 1st, 2012 the exhibition rooms of the graphic foundation Neo Rauch in his hometown Aschersleben were opened in the presence of Neo Rauch . The foundation was founded in May 2012 by Rauch, his gallery owners and the city of Aschersleben and is based on a donation from the artist, who gave one copy of his graphic work to his hometown.

From 2013 to 2016 Neo Rauch had the documentary filmmaker Nicola Graef and a small film team accompany him on his work. This resulted in the film Neo Rauch - Companions and Companions , which premiered on November 2, 2016 in Leipzig at the 59th Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film. The start date in German cinemas was March 2, 2017.

Neo Rauch and Rosa Loy designed the set for the Lohengrin opera at the 2018 Bayreuth Festival .

In a contribution by ZEIT , Wolfgang Ullrich, in his article “Auf dunkler Scholle” in May 2019 , counted Rauch among a group of “right-wing artists who acted as the last defenders of artistic freedom ” and who use the narrative that Germany is part of a “GDR 2.0 ”. In response, Neo Rauch painted the picture “Der Anbräuner”, which Christoph Gröner bought at an auction for € 750,000 . Georg Diez had previously described Rauch as a "right-wing painter" in June 2018 after he had described the "right-wing writer Uwe Tellkamp as a 'revenant Stauffenberg' '" in an interview with Handelsblatt and had emphasized that in relation to the migration crisis Empathy should not lead to “that we let our actions be guided by ethics . It pushes us into the gesture of the morally superior who must not ask what consequences his willingness to provide unrestricted help will have in ten or twenty years. "

Awards

Exhibitions (selection)

Exhibition, Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague, 2007
  • 1993: Neo Rauch . Jürgen Ponto Foundation / Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • 2000: peripheral area. Gallery for Contemporary Art , Leipzig, Germany
  • 2004: Neo Rauch - works on paper 2003-2004. Albertina (Vienna) , Austria
  • 2006: Neo Rauch - New roles. Wolfsburg Art Museum , Wolfsburg, Germany
  • 2006: the period. Galerie Eigen + Art , Leipzig, Germany
  • 2007: para. Max Ernst Museum Brühl, Germany and Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York, USA
  • 2010: Neo Rauch - companion. Museum of Fine Arts , Leipzig and Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich, Germany
  • 2011: Neo Rauch. Museum Frieder Burda , Baden-Baden, Germany
  • 2011: Rosa Loy and Neo Rauch. Behind the gardens. Essl Museum , Klosterneuburg / Vienna, Austria
  • 2012: Tired heroes: Ferdinand Hodler - Aleksandr Dejneka - Neo Rauch. Hamburger Kunsthalle , Hamburg, Germany
  • 2012/13: Neo Rauch. Consideration. Parallel exhibition to Rosa Loy . Gravity. Chemnitz art collections , Germany
  • 2012/13: Neo Rauch. The graphic work - Part one. Graphics Foundation Neo Rauch Aschersleben , Germany
  • 2013: Neo Rauch. The Obsession of the Demiurge. Selected Works 1993–2012 , in the Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR), Brussels , Belgium (curated by Harald Kunde )
  • March 22 - May 18, 2014: Neo Rauch. The graphic work - special program picture and book graphic foundation Neo Rauch Aschersleben , Germany
  • May 25, 2014 - May 3, 2015: Neo Rauch. The graphic work - third part. Graphics Foundation Neo Rauch Aschersleben , Germany
  • May 21, 2016 - April 30, 2017: Hanno & Neo Rauch - father and son. Graphics Foundation Neo Rauch Aschersleben , Germany
  • May 28, 2017 - April 29, 2018: Arno Rink , Neo Rauch. Graphics Foundation Neo Rauch Aschersleben , Germany
  • January 21, 2018 - June 03, 2018: Neo Rauch Dromos painting 1993-2017 . Museum de Fundatie , Netherlands
  • May 26, 2018 - April 2019: Rosa Loy , Neo Rauch - The Knitter . Graphics Foundation Neo Rauch Aschersleben , Germany

literature

  • Neo Rauch: Neo Rauch. Hatje Cantz, 2003, ISBN 3-7757-1243-7 .
  • Neo Rauch: Neo Rauch - Works on Paper, 2003-2004. ISBN 3-7757-1501-0 .
  • Botho Strauss, Neo Rauch: The Mediator. Münster 2006, ISBN 3-930754-44-4 .
  • Neo Rauch: New roles . DuMont, 2006. Catalog for the exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.
  • Neo Rauch: The Leipzig Period 2006. Catalog for the exhibition of the Galerie Eigen + Art, Leipzig.
  • Neo Rauch: para Cologne 2007. Catalog for the exhibition in New York and Brühl. ISBN 978-3-8321-9009-5 .
  • Neo Rauch - companion. Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig (ed.), Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7757-2520-0 .
  • Neo Rauch. Museum Frieder Burda , Foundation Frieder Burda u. Werner Spies (Ed.), Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-2830-0 .
  • Rosa Loy and Neo Rauch. Behind the gardens. Exhibition catalog Essl Museum 2011. Prestel, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7913-5142-1 .
  • Neo Rauch, The graphic work 1993 to 2012 . Ostfildern 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-3310-6 .
  • Neo Rauch . Taschen, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-8365-3563-2 .
  • Neo Rauch, Rosa Loy . Weighing up, gravitaion . Catalog for the exhibition in the Chemnitz Art Collections, ed. by Ingrid Mössinger with articles by Teresa Ende, Ingrid Mössinger, Anja Richter, Sara Tröster Klemm and Andrea Wandschneider, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-4220-7178-0 .
  • Encounter / An Encounter: Karl Blossfeldt & Neo Rauch, Graphic Foundation Neo Rauch & Archive Ann and Jürgen Wilde (eds.), MMKoehn Verlag, Leipzig / Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-944903-21-7 .
  • Hanno Rauch & Neo Rauch - father and son, graphic foundation Neo Rauch (ed.), MMKoehn Verlag Leipzig / Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-944903-35-4 .

Web links

Commons : Neo Rauch  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Graphics Foundation Neo Rauch: Press releases - opening May 21, 2016. May 21, 2016, accessed on April 13, 2017 : "Hannos and Helga's son Neo Hanno Rauch was born in Leipzig in April 1960, and in May of the same year Neo Rauch's parents were killed in a train accident. Neo Rauch grew up in Aschersleben with his grandparents. "
  2. ^ Christian Schüle: New Leipzig School . The silent revolt. In: The time . No. 30 , July 21, 2005, ISSN  0044-2070 ( online [accessed March 4, 2017]).
  3. ^ Stephan Berg: The discomfort with the New Leipzig School. In: Welt am Sonntag. www.welt.de, March 2, 2008, accessed on March 4, 2017 .
  4. ↑ MDR culture: Hanno and Neo Rauch - father meets son ( memento of the original from May 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mdr.de
  5. ^ Graphic foundation Neo Rauch: Hanno & Neo Rauch - father and son . Exhibition May 22, 2016–30. April 2017. May 2016.
  6. ↑ http://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/spaziergaenge-mit-prominenten-mit-dem-maler-neo-rauch-in.942.de.html?dram:article_id=387433
  7. ↑ Susanne Altmann: The pressure was too big ( memento of the original from September 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , art-magazin.de, May 13, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.art-magazin.de
  8. ↑ a b Andrea Hanna Hünniger: Neo Rauch . Lord of the Rings, Part 17. In: The Time . No. 10 , March 2, 2017, ISSN  0044-2070 ( online [accessed March 4, 2017]).
  9. ↑ Gabi Czöppan: Dreamwalker with Reality , Focus, October 30, 2006
  10. ↑ Axel Hecht, Tim Sommer: The civil war is affecting the images  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Art Magazin, 12/2004, pages 54–56@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.art-magazin.de  
  11. ^ Jürgen Ponto Foundation - for the promotion of young artists. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
  12. ^ Result for 'Rolf Lauter, Neo Rauch' [WorldCat.org]. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
  13. ^ Gallery for Contemporary Art: December 10, 2000 to February 25, 2001 Neo Rauch. Retrieved June 4, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Galerie Eigen + Art Short biography Neo Rauch
  15. ↑ Neo Rauch: Pictures as I would like them to be , in: Monopol - Magazin für Kunst & Leben, Berlin 2003, p. 30
  16. ↑ Neo Rauch in the Naumburger om
  17. ↑ Auction record: Neo Rauch, 2009 , accessed on November 8, 2015
  18. ↑ History of origin. (No longer available online.) Grafikstiftung Neo Rauch, 2015, archived from the original on February 26, 2017 ; Retrieved February 25, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.grafikstiftungneorauch.de
  19. ↑ Neo Rauch - Companions and Companions. (No longer available online.) In: films2016.dok-leipzig.de. DOK Leipzig, archived from the original on February 24, 2017 ; accessed on February 23, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / films2016.dok-leipzig.de
  20. ↑ abö / dpa: The strange companions of Neo Rauch. Film about the painter star - Start March 2nd. In: LVZ-Online. Leipziger Volkszeitung, February 23, 2017, accessed on February 25, 2017 .
  21. ↑ The pear in its socket. In: www.zeit.de. July 11, 2018, accessed July 24, 2018 .
  22. ↑ Neo Rauch and his "protest picture" - who is the "tanner"? In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur. June 28, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
  23. ↑ Wolfgang Ullrich: Art freedom: On dark clod . In: The time . May 21, 2019, ISSN  0044-2070 ( online [accessed July 29, 2019]).
  24. ↑ Martin Machowecz: Neo Rauch: A painted replica . In: The time . June 27, 2019, ISSN  0044-2070 ( online [accessed July 29, 2019]).
  25. ↑ Christoph Gröner buys painting by Neo Rauch. In: Berliner Morgenpost. July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
  26. ↑ Neo Rauch's "Der Anbräuner": Painting shows painting with excrement - and brings 750,000 euros . In: Spiegel Online . July 29, 2019 ( online [accessed July 29, 2019]).
  27. ↑ Georg Diez: Resistance: A mindset that can be practiced . In: Spiegel Online . July 15, 2018 ( online [accessed July 30, 2019]).
  28. ↑ Harald Welzer: Right-wing populism: The return of misanthropy . In: The time . May 29, 2018, ISSN  0044-2070 ( online [accessed July 30, 2019]).
  29. ↑ Ulrike Gastmann: Mind: Expand thinking space . In: The time . December 9, 2018, ISSN  0044-2070 ( online [accessed July 30, 2019]).
  30. ^ Artist couple Rosa Loy and Neo Rauch: "That is the Talibanization of our reality of life". Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
  31. ↑ "I just can't warm up to Berlin". Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
  32. ↑ Awarding of the medal on the Day of German Unity. In: bundespräsident.de. October 2, 2018, accessed October 2, 2018.
  33. ↑ Website for the exhibition ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 11, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sammlung-essl.at
  34. ↑ Website for the exhibition ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 19, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de
  35. ^ Exhibition website , accessed on January 6, 2013.
  36. ^ Website of the foundation and the exhibition , accessed on June 1, 2012
  37. ↑ Home Bozar , accessed on February 20, 2013
  38. ↑ Press release on the third exhibition , accessed on September 3, 2014.
  39. ↑ MDR Kultur ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 3, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mdr.de
  40. ↑ Neo Rauch and his teacher Arno Rink - double exhibition in Aschersleben. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. May 28, 2017, Retrieved April 8, 2019 .
  41. ↑ dpa: Big show on Neo Rauch in Zwolle. In: Westfälische Nachrichten. January 19, 2018, accessed April 8, 2019 .
  42. ↑ Stefan Trinks: Neo-Baroque as an expression of our time. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. May 12, 2018, accessed April 8, 2019 .
  43. ^ Kai Agthe: Exhibition in Aschersleben: Neo Rauch and Rosa Loy together. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. June 2, 2018, accessed April 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Rauch, Neo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rauch, Neo Hanno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig