Sunday, January 13, 2013

Museum Der Bildenden Kunste - Leipzig


Best aping of the Warhol banana, eh? On the front door of the MDBK, Leipzig


Trak Wendisch,  Gebrannte Kinder, 1989-90



Left to Right paintings by Michael Morgner and Wolfgang Petrovsky


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.

Neo Rauch

Leader of the so-called 'Leipzig School of Painters'

Tobias Lehner, untitled, 2005


Matthias Weischer




Henriett Gahnert, The Good Die Young or How To Become a Legend, 2010


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:

Hubert Scheibl,  Big Swinger, 2006/2007

Also, the museum is home to some ecclectic artists of art history, like Max Klinger, who painted a pissing skeleton! Anyone, anyone?


Max Klinger, 'Der Pinelden Tod', 1880


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


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