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Aris Kalaizis is a German artist of Greek origin. He studied painting at the Leipzig Academy of Fine Arts.
Aris Kalaizis gained international recognition after taking part in the 2010 Venice Biennale (Mostra Internazionale di Architettura) and in the 4th Triennale in Guangzhou, China in 2011.
Calaisis creates his works by assembling elaborate spatial compositions and constructing large-scale scenes on the site of an imaginary action. In the process, he takes a series of preparatory photographs from which the final work is constructed. The scenes in his paintings, which often have a surrealistic impression, are developed from ideas that Kalaisis develops in the manner of a screenplay. The result of this step-by-step creative process are pictorial works that embody desired images of the inner world in line and colour.
Aris Kalaizis is a German artist of Greek origin. He studied painting at the Leipzig Academy of Fine Arts.
Aris Kalaizis gained international recognition after taking part in the 2010 Venice Biennale (Mostra Internazionale di Architettura) and in the 4th Triennale in Guangzhou, China in 2011.
Calaisis creates his works by assembling elaborate spatial compositions and constructing large-scale scenes on the site of an imaginary action. In the process, he takes a series of preparatory photographs from which the final work is constructed. The scenes in his paintings, which often have a surrealistic impression, are developed from ideas that Kalaisis develops in the manner of a screenplay. The result of this step-by-step creative process are pictorial works that embody desired images of the inner world in line and colour.
Neo Rauch is a German artist whose paintings mine the intersection of his personal history with the politics of industrial alienation. His work reflects the influence of socialist realism, and owes a debt to Surrealists Giorgio de Chirico and René Magritte, although Rauch hesitates to align himself with surrealism. He studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, and he lives in Markkleeberg near Leipzig, Germany and works as the principal artist of the New Leipzig School. The artist is represented by Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin and David Zwirner, New York.
Rauch's paintings suggest a narrative intent but, as art historian Charlotte Mullins explains, closer scrutiny immediately presents the viewer with enigmas: "Architectural elements peter out; men in uniform from throughout history intimidate men and women from other centuries; great struggles occur but their reason is never apparent; styles change at a whim."
Neo Rauch is a German artist whose paintings mine the intersection of his personal history with the politics of industrial alienation. His work reflects the influence of socialist realism, and owes a debt to Surrealists Giorgio de Chirico and René Magritte, although Rauch hesitates to align himself with surrealism. He studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, and he lives in Markkleeberg near Leipzig, Germany and works as the principal artist of the New Leipzig School. The artist is represented by Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin and David Zwirner, New York.
Rauch's paintings suggest a narrative intent but, as art historian Charlotte Mullins explains, closer scrutiny immediately presents the viewer with enigmas: "Architectural elements peter out; men in uniform from throughout history intimidate men and women from other centuries; great struggles occur but their reason is never apparent; styles change at a whim."
Neo Rauch is a German artist whose paintings mine the intersection of his personal history with the politics of industrial alienation. His work reflects the influence of socialist realism, and owes a debt to Surrealists Giorgio de Chirico and René Magritte, although Rauch hesitates to align himself with surrealism. He studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, and he lives in Markkleeberg near Leipzig, Germany and works as the principal artist of the New Leipzig School. The artist is represented by Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin and David Zwirner, New York.
Rauch's paintings suggest a narrative intent but, as art historian Charlotte Mullins explains, closer scrutiny immediately presents the viewer with enigmas: "Architectural elements peter out; men in uniform from throughout history intimidate men and women from other centuries; great struggles occur but their reason is never apparent; styles change at a whim."
