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Xenia Hausner (1951)

Hailing from Vienna, Austria, Xenia Hausner (born in 1951) has gained global recognition for her exceptional craftsmanship as an artist. Her trademark iconography features large-scale portraits, often depicting women, brimming with enigmatic complexity, fueled by her expressive use of dynamic and vibrant hues. Central to Hausner’s work are the concepts of humanity and the human condition, which she beautifully captures through the masterful interplay of radical colors and gestural brushstrokes. Her subjects are presented in a light that reflects their underlying vulnerability, loneliness, longing, and love. Drawing inspiration from her extensive travels, Hausner weaves in mental recollections and physical elements she has gathered during her journeys, and embellishes her pieces with photographs taken on her trips.

A graduate of the Vienna Painting Academy and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Hausner’s entrance into the world of art was through her role as a set designer, starting her career at the Vienna Burgtheater in 1976. Over the span of 15 years, she lent her artistic vision to more than one hundred theater, opera, and film productions, including those at prestigious venues such as the Schiller Theater in Berlin, the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, and the Vienna State Opera. Her talent also graced major cultural events such as the Salzburg Festival, Covent Garden Opera in London, and the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels.

In 1992, Hausner relocated to Berlin, where she fully immersed herself in painting. She made a spectacular debut at the Martin Gropiusbau in Berlin with her exhibition “Die Kraft der Bilder” (The Craft of the Artist) in 1996, which was followed by solo shows in Salzburg and Vienna. That same year, Galerie Thomas in Munich featured her work in the exhibit “Menschenbilder.” Her pieces also caught the attention of a global audience at Art Cologne, thanks to a showcase by Galerie Thomas. In 1997, her work was highlighted at one-person exhibitions titled “Liebesfragmente” at the Museum Quarter Kunsthalle in Vienna and the Ludwig Museum in Leipzig.

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Neo Rauch (1960)

When Neo Rauch was a mere five weeks old, his parents lost their lives in a train accident. Father Hanno Rauch and mother Helga Rauch were studying at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, an art academy in Leipzig, at the time. Rauch was raised by his grandparents in the provincial town of Aschersleben, which, like Leipzig, was part of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). He studied at the same art academy as his parents and became a master student under the renowned painter Arno Rink. Later, he also began teaching there himself. In Rauch’s paintings, you can discern traces of his environment – influences of magical, recurring motifs such as factory chimneys and church towers, and comical figures, all converging in the artist’s personal world.

Neo Rauch’s work has been acquired by museums around the world. For instance, his art can be found in collections at the Metropolitan Museum and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, as well as the Goetz Collection in Munich. In 2009, Neo Rauch was previously featured at the Drents Museum. The exhibition, entitled “Realism from Leipzig,” showcased three generations of the Leipzig School, and marked the first time that Leipzig art was displayed in a museum in the Netherlands.

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Jörg Herold (1965)

Born in Leipzig in 1965, Jörg Herold pursued his studies in painting at both the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig and the Kunsthochschule Weißensee in Berlin. Throughout his career, he has displayed his artwork in various solo exhibitions at museums and Kunstvereine. Noteworthy showcases include the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig in 1999, the Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal and the Staatlichen Museum Schwerin in 2000, and the Galerie der Stadt Wolfsburg and the Kunstverein Bielefeld in 2005. In 2005, the Städtische Galerie der Stadt Wolfsburg organized a solo exhibition dedicated to Jörg Herold in honor of being awarded the art prize “Junge Stadt sieht junge Kunst” (Young city sees young art), accompanied by an extensive monograph on his works.

Jörg Herold has also actively participated in numerous exhibitions both in Germany and internationally. Notable appearances include the Venice Biennale in Venedig (1995), documenta X in Kassel (1997), exhibitions focused on 40 years of video art at the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, the ZKM Karlsruhe, and the Ludwig Forum Aachen (2006, 2009), as well as showcases in South Korea at the Seong-nam Art Center and the Berlinische Galerie (2012). In addition to his exhibitions, Jörg Herold has embarked on artistic endeavors in various countries such as Georgia, Japan, Southeast Asia, Iceland, and Ukraine among others.

www.ftn-books.com has the Herold 1999 for the Kunstpreis Leipzig now available.