''Hunter's Room'' () is a 2007 painting by the German artist

Neo Rauch Neo Rauch (; born 18 April 1960) 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 a debt to Surrealists ...

. It depicts a group of people carrying crossbows in a room with a map on the back wall and birds hanging from the roof. The painting was part of the exhibition ''Para'' which was made for the

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and shown there in 2007.

Reception

Peter Schjeldahl Peter Charles Schjeldahl (; March 20, 1942 – October 21, 2022) was an American art critic, poet, and educator. He was noted for being the head art critic at ''The New Yorker'', having earlier written for ''The Village Voice'', ''ARTnews'', and ...

of ''

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'' wrote about the characters in the painting: "Their poses have the charged solemnity of

Balthus Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (February 29, 1908 – February 18, 2001), known as Balthus, was a Polish-French modern artist. He is known for his erotically charged images of pubescent girls, but also for the refined, dreamlike quality of his ima ...

, without the erotic crackle. Nothing seems to be at issue for them. (The bird is beyond caring.) But masterly areas of the painting, astonishingly varied in style, captivate."

Legacy

Marian Brown St. Onge wrote a poem called "In This Hunter's Room" based on this painting. It was written for a 2009 anthology of poems inspired by paintings by Rauch.

References

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Press material
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