''Neo Rauch - Comrades and Companions (Original title: Neo Rauch – Gefährten und Begleiter)'' is a 2016 German documentary film directed by , about the painter
Neo Rauch
Neo Rauch (born 18 April 1960, in Leipzig, East Germany; ) 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 ...
. The filmmaker followed Rauch for three years in his studio in
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...
and at exhibitions in America, Asia and Europe.
Release
The film had its world premier on 2 November 2016 at
Dok Leipzig
DOK Leipzig is a documentary film festival that takes place every year in Leipzig, Germany. It is an international film festival for documentary and animated film founded in 1955 under the name "1st All-German Leipzig Festival of Cultural and Doc ...
. It was released in regular German cinemas on 2 March 2017.
See also
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New Leipzig School The New Leipzig School (german: Neue Leipziger Schule) is a movement in German painting, centred in the city of Leipzig after the German reunification. The usage and origins of this term are debated.
History and characteristics
The Leipzig School ( ...
References
External links
Official website(in English)
2016 documentary films
2016 films
Documentary films about painters
Films set in Leipzig
German documentary films
2010s German-language films
2010s German films
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