Lucian Freud: Animals Dressed

The Animals of Lucian FreudFamous for his nudes and portraits as the painter of the flesh , the interest in Lucian Freud has again in recent years increased immensely. Freud, who spoke of his human models as animals dressed , has also dealt in detail with nonhuman animals in his work. He made no distinction between his models; with both–animals and people–he was in search of their true nature. -Selected works in this book highlight three phases in Freud’s work: at the beginning the shaping of dead -bodies; then the animal as a companion, connected with the turn to portraiture; at last the English subjects with dog and horse representations. By focusing on depicting animals, the exhibition aims to encourage a new consideration of the artistic development and cre-ative process of Lucian Freud. Exhibition and book -encourage a reevaluation of the work of the ninth laure-ate of the Rubens Prize awarded by the City of Siegen in 1997, whose work is represented at Kunstmuseum Siegen with permanent loans from the private collection Lambrecht-Schadeberg.

Exhibition:

Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Siegen, 1/3-7/6/2015