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Tilo Baumgärtel
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- 14 October 2023 till 3 March 2024
- Drents Museum
From 14 October 2023, the Drents Museum presents the exhibition Tilo Baumgärtel - Das selbe Wasser in the Abbey Church.
Curated by guest curator Saša Bogojev, the exhibition presents an overview of paintings, drawings and video art by Leipzig contemporary realist Tilo Baumgärtel (1972). Das selbe Wasser - on view until 3 March 2024 - is part of the Drents Museum's series of exhibitions on artists from the (Neue) Leipziger Schule.
Rooms full of fragments
The starting point for Tilo Baumgärtel's work is always visible reality. He draws inspiration from his own true-life memories, but also from documentaries or books, for example. The artist brings these different sources of inspiration together. Baumgärtel himself calls his works 'rooms full of fragments'. Those 'rooms' are like a screenshot from a film he would like to see, never fully developing the story. His work shows the calm before the storm, a fairytale world in which colourful figures and alienating backgrounds take the visitor and challenge him to fill in the story himself. In Das selbe Wasser, the Drents Museum takes visitors to this fairy-tale world through paintings, drawings and video art.
Visual work and video art
Alumni and teachers of the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB) are often collectively referred to as the (Neue) Leipziger Schule. Their styles and techniques differ, but the artists are all inspired by reality. Tilo Baumgärtel studied at the HGB. He was taught by painter Arno Rink, among others, and shared a studio space with Neo Rauch. Initially Baumgärtel started training with an interest in photography and film, later switching to painting. Today, Baumgärtel continues to make video art alongside visual work.
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Elmsturm (2013)
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Der grüngraue Tag (2014)
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Nelly (2018)
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Steadicam (2023)
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Page from sketchbook
Neue Leipziger Schule
The exhibition Tilo Baumgärtel – Das selbe Wasser is part of a series of solo exhibitions from the Neue Leipziger Schule (New Leipzig School). Rosa Loy, David Schnell, Matthias Weischer, Kristina Schuldt and Neo Rauch, among others, have preceded Baumgärtel. For its collection of contemporary figurative art, the Drents Museum - alongside Academy Minerva in Groningen - has been following the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig for years.
The exhibition has been curated by guest curator Saša Bogojev. The Croatian curator has lived and worked in the Netherlands for several years and has contributed to many exhibitions on contemporary figurative painting worldwide.
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Tilo Baumgärtel - Das selbe Wasser
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Tilo Baumgärtel - Das selbe Wasser
Publication
The exhibition is accompanied by a publication of the same name, including a contribution by guest curator Saša Bogojev. The book is published by Waanders Uitgevers in Zwolle, costs €24.95 and is available in the Museumshop of the Drents Museum or via the Dutch Museum Giftshop website.
Most of the museum is easily accessible for people with reduced mobility. Most floors are accessible by elevator and there are wheelchair-accessible toilets. The museum has free wheelchairs, walkers and folding stools for anyone who wants to use them. Unfortunately, part of the monumental section of the museum is less accessible.
Because of the number of wheelchairs and walkers being limited, you can reserve them via +31 (0)592 - 377 773.
More information about the accessibility of the building can be found here.
Supervisors (on presentation of a public transport companion card) and registered assistance and guide dogs are of course very welcome and can enter the museum free of charge.
The Drents Museum always has a number of changing exhibitions and also a rich collection of our own. Our own collection is currently mainly in the depot due to the renovation. That is why our archeology collection (including Pesse canoe, The Yde girl and the other peat bodies), the Drenthe history collection, Art around 1900 and contemporary realism cannot be seen at this moment. We expect Labyrinthia to open sometime in 2024. Click here for an overview of current exhibitions.
More and more objects can be found online. Learn all about your favorite object or discover new treasures!
Registered assistance or guide dogs are welcome in the museum, other pets are not.
Bar Brasserie Pingo can be found in the heart of the old museum section. Pingo's opening hours are the same as the museum, from Tuesday to Sunday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Here you can drink coffee and eat cake, however meal salads, sandwiches and appetizers are also on the menu.