Neo Rauch and Rosa Loy
dal 31/8/2011 al 15/11/2011
Segnalato da
31/8/2011
Neo Rauch and Rosa Loy
Essl Museum Contemporary Art, Klosterneuburg
Behind the gardens. Rauch and Loy are successfully established on the international art circuit as an artist couple. Married since 1985, each of them creates an oeuvre completely his or her own, feeding on the differences but also on the commonalities between the partners.
Neo Rauch and Rosa Loy are successfully established on the international art circuit as an artist couple. Married since 1985, each of them creates an oeuvre completely his or her own, feeding on the differences but also on the commonalities between the partners. In the autumn on 2011, the two artists will be shown together for the first time at the Essl Museum in a major exhibition devoted exclusively to them.
Born in Leipzig in 1960, Neo Rauch is one of the most important painters of his generation at international level. Painted in old-master style and containing references to advertising, comic strip aesthetics and Socialist Realism, his figurative paintings reverberate with a surreal and darkly disturbing atmosphere. His creations evoke a sense of both strangeness and familiarity and are characterised by an inexhaustible wealth of ideas.
Rosa Loy was born in Zwickau (Saxonia) in 1958 and, like her husband, is considered a representative of the “New Leipzig School”. Her figurative, ambiguous paintings are devoted to the mystery of womanhood, a new femininity and a new romanticism. Similar to the work of her husband, her paintings depict disturbing, surreal and symbolic scenes which the intrigued viewer feels drawn to decipher.
The Essl Collection holds significant works by Neo Rauch and Rosa Loy which will provide the basis for the exhibition. The artists will design the exhibition and the catalogue.
Opening: Thuersday 01 Sep 2011
Essl Museum
An der Donau-Au 1
Klosterneuburg
Opening hours: Tue-Sun 10 am-6 pm
Wed 10 am - 9 pm, Monday closed
Tickets: Adults euro 7, reduced 5