Bilderkosmos #2. Kunst aus Leipzig
In the organizer's words:
The MdbK is currently presenting the new Bilderkosmos #2 on almost the entire area of the 3rd floor - and thus one of its most important art treasures: 20th and 21st century painting and sculpture.
The new Bilderkosmos shows, among other things, lesser-known works from the MdbK's magazine that have not been exhibited for a long time, for example by Sabine Lessig or Willi Sitte, as well as new acquisitions and donations of paintings from the 20th and 21st centuries. In the Classical Modernism section, works by Eduard Einschlag and Abraham Jaskiel, two Jewish artists from Leipzig in the 1920s, will be honored in the context of their Expressionist colleagues. A work by the Ethiopian artist Getachew Yossef Hagoss, who studied at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (HGB) from 1981 to 1986, will also be shown for the first time.
The MdbK is closely interwoven with the development of art here, in particular with the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig. This unique selling point is clearly reflected in the museum's collection. The focus was and still is on the art movements emerging from Leipzig, which were and are continuously supported through exhibition projects or targeted acquisitions. This focus culminated above all in the acquisition policy between 1949 and 1989. Art from the GDR had its qualitative powerhouse in Leipzig at the latest with the founding of the painting class by Bernhard Heisig at the art academy in 1961, from where it quickly gained international recognition under the term "Leipzig School". With almost 1,000 of a total of 4,000 paintings, this collection, which is so important for the city's identity, has the largest share in the MdbK.
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