Life After Death | New Leipzig Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection

By Mark Coetzee and Laura Steward Heon Designed by Jung Kim Photography by Mark Coetzee Forewords by Mark Coetzee, Joe Thompson, Laura Steward Heon, Jack Rasmussen, Robin Held and Ric Collier This volume was first published in 2005 by the Rubell Family Collection and MASS MoCA in conjunction with the exhibition Life After Death: New Leipzig Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection organized by MASS MoCA and the Rubell Family Collection and curated by Mark Coetzee and Laura Steward Heon. This exhibition was presented at the Frye Art Museum (February 16–June 3, 2007). In December 2000, a group of five young German artists, all recent graduates of the prestigious Leipzig Art Academy, organized a small exhibition of their works in Leipzig. Unsurprisingly, the exhibition attracted no notice from the international contemporary art community. From that humble beginning, the "New Leipzig School" has expanded to a dozen artists and grown to be an international phenomenon. On March 19, 2005,