New Painting in Leipzig
Feb 01 - Mar 01, 2023
Feb 01 - Mar 01, 2023
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New Painting in Leipzig
Opening : 2023.2.1--2023.3.1
Artist: Matthias Weischer, Rosa Loy, Tilo Baumgaertel,
Christoph Ruckhaberle, Henriette Grahnert, Michiel Frielink
Producer: ZHANG Yu
Curator: SUN Yongzeng
Curatorial Assistant: LI Rui
Whitebox Art Center & Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Chinesischen kulturellen Austausch e.V.
New Painting in Leipzig is a rare school of art that is named after acertain location. Leipzig is located in the region of former East Germany. Its special historical background and social realism have given birth to a group of artists who have studied in Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig) and lived in this city. Their artwork, which started to become known beginning in the 1960s to after the 1990s, maintains the traditional artistic style, techniques and ideology of East Germany.
The techniques of their realistic painting have been preserved by strict basic training. In today’s environment after the reunification of West and East Germany together with globalization, the realities and environment which Leipzig painting artists are facing have changed. As a medium for developing painting and understanding the world, it has been preserved and inspired a renaissance in figurative painting in the contemporary era, and its spirit is still alive today. In the “Leipzig Encyclopedia”, it says, “The uniqueness of the Leipzig school lies in that it is a type of realism that stimulates a broad intellect and expands knowledge.”
Through the expansion of Leipzig artists in field of figurative painting over generations, the new painting in Leipzig has already become a special trend in the world of art. Due to pandemic, this exhibition is not able to show everything about New Painting in Leipzig in its entirety. Six exceptional artists were invited with the hope that this would be an opportunity for us to better understand the presently developing new painting in Leipzig.
This exhibition also aims to pay tribute to the deep roots of art between China and Germany, as well as the close ties of culture, economy and life that both countries share. As China and Germany mark 50 years of diplomatic ties, beautiful works of art have become a bond of emotional and spiritual exchanges between us.
Opening : 2023.2.1--2023.3.1
Artist: Matthias Weischer, Rosa Loy, Tilo Baumgaertel,
Christoph Ruckhaberle, Henriette Grahnert, Michiel Frielink
Producer: ZHANG Yu
Curator: SUN Yongzeng
Curatorial Assistant: LI Rui
Whitebox Art Center & Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Chinesischen kulturellen Austausch e.V.
New Painting in Leipzig is a rare school of art that is named after acertain location. Leipzig is located in the region of former East Germany. Its special historical background and social realism have given birth to a group of artists who have studied in Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig) and lived in this city. Their artwork, which started to become known beginning in the 1960s to after the 1990s, maintains the traditional artistic style, techniques and ideology of East Germany.
The techniques of their realistic painting have been preserved by strict basic training. In today’s environment after the reunification of West and East Germany together with globalization, the realities and environment which Leipzig painting artists are facing have changed. As a medium for developing painting and understanding the world, it has been preserved and inspired a renaissance in figurative painting in the contemporary era, and its spirit is still alive today. In the “Leipzig Encyclopedia”, it says, “The uniqueness of the Leipzig school lies in that it is a type of realism that stimulates a broad intellect and expands knowledge.”
Through the expansion of Leipzig artists in field of figurative painting over generations, the new painting in Leipzig has already become a special trend in the world of art. Due to pandemic, this exhibition is not able to show everything about New Painting in Leipzig in its entirety. Six exceptional artists were invited with the hope that this would be an opportunity for us to better understand the presently developing new painting in Leipzig.
This exhibition also aims to pay tribute to the deep roots of art between China and Germany, as well as the close ties of culture, economy and life that both countries share. As China and Germany mark 50 years of diplomatic ties, beautiful works of art have become a bond of emotional and spiritual exchanges between us.
Curator Article
New Painting in Leipzig
Opening : 2023.2.1--2023.3.1
Artist: Matthias Weischer, Rosa Loy, Tilo Baumgaertel,
Christoph Ruckhaberle, Henriette Grahnert, Michiel Frielink
Producer: ZHANG Yu
Curator: SUN Yongzeng
Curatorial Assistant: LI Rui
Whitebox Art Center & Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Chinesischen kulturellen Austausch e.V.
New Painting in Leipzig is a rare school of art that is named after acertain location. Leipzig is located in the region of former East Germany. Its special historical background and social realism have given birth to a group of artists who have studied in Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig) and lived in this city. Their artwork, which started to become known beginning in the 1960s to after the 1990s, maintains the traditional artistic style, techniques and ideology of East Germany.
The techniques of their realistic painting have been preserved by strict basic training. In today’s environment after the reunification of West and East Germany together with globalization, the realities and environment which Leipzig painting artists are facing have changed. As a medium for developing painting and understanding the world, it has been preserved and inspired a renaissance in figurative painting in the contemporary era, and its spirit is still alive today. In the “Leipzig Encyclopedia”, it says, “The uniqueness of the Leipzig school lies in that it is a type of realism that stimulates a broad intellect and expands knowledge.”
Through the expansion of Leipzig artists in field of figurative painting over generations, the new painting in Leipzig has already become a special trend in the world of art. Due to pandemic, this exhibition is not able to show everything about New Painting in Leipzig in its entirety. Six exceptional artists were invited with the hope that this would be an opportunity for us to better understand the presently developing new painting in Leipzig.
This exhibition also aims to pay tribute to the deep roots of art between China and Germany, as well as the close ties of culture, economy and life that both countries share. As China and Germany mark 50 years of diplomatic ties, beautiful works of art have become a bond of emotional and spiritual exchanges between us.
Opening : 2023.2.1--2023.3.1
Artist: Matthias Weischer, Rosa Loy, Tilo Baumgaertel,
Christoph Ruckhaberle, Henriette Grahnert, Michiel Frielink
Producer: ZHANG Yu
Curator: SUN Yongzeng
Curatorial Assistant: LI Rui
Whitebox Art Center & Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Chinesischen kulturellen Austausch e.V.
New Painting in Leipzig is a rare school of art that is named after acertain location. Leipzig is located in the region of former East Germany. Its special historical background and social realism have given birth to a group of artists who have studied in Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig) and lived in this city. Their artwork, which started to become known beginning in the 1960s to after the 1990s, maintains the traditional artistic style, techniques and ideology of East Germany.
The techniques of their realistic painting have been preserved by strict basic training. In today’s environment after the reunification of West and East Germany together with globalization, the realities and environment which Leipzig painting artists are facing have changed. As a medium for developing painting and understanding the world, it has been preserved and inspired a renaissance in figurative painting in the contemporary era, and its spirit is still alive today. In the “Leipzig Encyclopedia”, it says, “The uniqueness of the Leipzig school lies in that it is a type of realism that stimulates a broad intellect and expands knowledge.”
Through the expansion of Leipzig artists in field of figurative painting over generations, the new painting in Leipzig has already become a special trend in the world of art. Due to pandemic, this exhibition is not able to show everything about New Painting in Leipzig in its entirety. Six exceptional artists were invited with the hope that this would be an opportunity for us to better understand the presently developing new painting in Leipzig.
This exhibition also aims to pay tribute to the deep roots of art between China and Germany, as well as the close ties of culture, economy and life that both countries share. As China and Germany mark 50 years of diplomatic ties, beautiful works of art have become a bond of emotional and spiritual exchanges between us.
The above text is excerpted from “New Painting in Leipzig” -SUN Yongzeng
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