"The 'New' New Leipzig School and its next generation
Curated by Anna-Louise Kratzsch, Director, Leipzig International Art Programme"
This was a group exhibition showcasing some "new" Leipzig artists. Leipzig is a city in what was once East Germany. This isolated and insulated the group of artists working around the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst school--A traditional school where they learned composition and perspective while painting from nude models. They have since become incredibly popular and well-bought artists due in part to the quirkiness of their imagery but also to their position as figurative painters in an art world dominated by works that have felt increasingly trite and/or esoteric in their lack of recognizable skills visible in the works.
I didn't get all the names of the participating artists, and they weren't listed on the website but Stephen Black had the most compelling paintings. Very similar to Vladimir Gorychevs color pallet and use of empty space but with more Lucian Freud-like application of paint to the subjects faces.
Leipzig School artists:
http://www.nyaa.edu/nyaa/home.html
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