This New York Times article, though about a year old, details the rise of European painting in the German city of Leipzig. Hailed as the first significant art movement of the 21st century, the painters led by Neo Rauch have taken quite a traditional approach to painting and in doing so have created something new and fresh. Or at least the art world thinks so. I have mixed feelings. Though ever since seeing Tim Eitel's work, I've been quite seduced by it. Austere, quiet and dreary - it has a specific type of Eastern European poetic that rhymes just right.
Image: Tim Eitel's Liegender courtesy of Eigen + Art
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I thought the Neo Rauch show that was at the Musee D'art Contemporain in Montreal recently was ultra boring. Sorry, I don't get why his pictures are so hot. It wasn't helped by the knowledge that the total dollar value of the 6 paintings in the room is 8 million US dollars.
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