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Best aping of the Warhol banana, eh? On the front door of the MDBK, Leipzig |
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Trak Wendisch, Gebrannte Kinder, 1989-90 |
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Left to Right paintings by Michael Morgner and Wolfgang Petrovsky |
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Balthasar Permoser, 'Jupiter' 1705, Klaus Rinke 'Queen of the Seas' 1986, Balthasar Permoser 'Juno' 1705 |
Wack juxtaposition of artist's artwork and eras - that's how they do it in Leipzig.
This museum is also home to a large collection of the 'Leipzig School of Painting' in which they show on the 4th floor of the museum.
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Neo Rauch |
Leader of the so-called 'Leipzig School of Painters'
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Tobias Lehner, untitled, 2005 |
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Matthias Weischer |
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Henriett Gahnert, The Good Die Young or How To Become a Legend, 2010 |
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Ben Willikens, Raum 652, 2010 |
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Hubert Scheibl installed a show at the Museum when I visited called 'Plants & Murders', here is one of the paintings:
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Hubert Scheibl, Big Swinger, 2006/2007
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Also, the museum is home to some ecclectic artists of art history, like Max Klinger, who painted a pissing skeleton! Anyone, anyone?
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Max Klinger, 'Der Pinelden Tod', 1880 |
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Close Up of Max Klinger, 'Der Pinelden Tod', 1880
Der Pinelden Tod means 'Peeing Death', by the way. |
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The exterior of the Museum Der Bildenden Kunste, in Leipzig |
Museum Der Bildenden Kunste - Leipzig