Neo Rauch at DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY

James Kalm pays a visit to this exhibition by one of today's most recognized painters Neo Rauch. As a former student, now professor, of the Leipzig Academy, Rauch is seen as a founding member and leader of this century's first and most dominant painting movement. Using a wane classical technique, and incorporating a Surrealist influence, many of these paintings have allegorical content related to the historical practice of painting and the artist's place in society. Designated as "Post Socialist" these works question not only the theories of utopian ideals but the accepted norms of pictorial representation.

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• Post
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[MrWowforever]

mr. kalm.....thank you for going to so many painting shows...painting is absent from a lot of big shows lately (the biannuals) and almost never appears in Artforum(s)...i notice this and sincerely appreciate your commitment to the paintings:)

[jameskalm]

Wow,

I stopped reading ARTFORUM about ten years ago when it became a lifestyle tabloid for the very effete very elite. (But I still find myself picking it up to look at the ads.)

I like paintin'.

[misternylon]

Another subscriber here thankyou.

[crotty2]

nostalgia for berlin wall compared to disco??? maybe the stupidest thing ive ever heard

[EsmeraldaIris36]

Yes, I thought it was a hard C sound..sorry we americans do that! Great to see that show in NY. Waiting to see some of the retrospective.

[Tuuli22]

His name actually spells "raukh" in german, not "raush".

[thevealchop]

That's awesome, James. If I could suggest an improvement, it would be to do a hi-band pass filter on the audio to eliminate the whir and whiz of the camera's own noise. Otherwise, you've done a great service here. Thanks, James.

[jvanis65]

Happened to be in New York and caught this show. Really cool. Thanks for doing this video, James.

[eenkjet]

thanks james. these are beautiful. very el greco like in some ways.

[hankjunior]

I realy Dig Mr Rauchs work.

thank james.

[danaburnsdotnet]

What a wonderful review of the show. Thanks a lot James! You have such great insight. Better than if I had gone alone to the gallery! I will visit though.

-from a fellow artist & art student

[jameslour]

Thank you Jimmy.