![]() ![]() ![]() Remnants of consumer society, discarded materials, symbols of urbanity, and industrial change play a central role in his oeuvre.Īnselm Reyle’s works have been shown in numerous institutional solo exhibitions, including Aranya Art Centre, Qinhuangdao (2020), Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2012), the Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2012), The Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj (2011), Des Moines ArtCenter, Iowa (2011), Kunsthalle Tübingen (2009), and Kunsthalle Zürich (2006). Characteristic of his artistic work is the use of various found objects that have been removed from their original function, altered visually and recontextualized. Since 2009 the artist has held a position as a professor of Painting/Drawing at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg.Īnselm Reyle’s best-known works include his foil and stripe paintings as well as his sculptures. He studied at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. More About Reyle (courtesy König Galerie)Īnselm Reyle (born 1970 in Tübingen, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. Most recently, Emann has written an essay on the artist Anselm Reyle, which has been included in the catalog of his recent exhibition, Heavy, at the Dirimart Gallery in Istanbul, Turkey and curated a solo show of artist Samuel Stabler at the National Arts Club in NYC. Over the past decade, by pursuing creative endeavors in film, working in the studio of fine artist Hank Willis Thomas, and being exposed to the national infrastructure of art institutions and organizations, he has developed a unique perspective on art’s role for contemporary society. He has spoken about his creative work at various universities around the United States including, but not limited to, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, and NYU as well as cultural institutions such as the British Film Institute and MoCADA.īorn and raised in Newark, NJ, but of Guyanese and Nigerian descent, his writing seeks to make fine art accessible to demographics typically excluded from conversations about fine art. His writing and film work have been featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Document Journal, Okay Africa, and other leading magazines. ![]() Emann Odufu is a writer, film maker, cultural critic and curator. ![]()
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