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SELECTED WORKS BY Anselm Reyle



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Anselm Reyle

Untitled

2005
Bronze, chrome, varnish

243 x 135 x 135 cm

For Anselm Reyle, revisiting Modernism opens a wealth of possibilities. Resurrecting the styles, genres, and concepts of 20th century art history, Reyle adopts formalism whole-heartedly, embracing both the integrity of the original movements, as well as their contemporary renditions in the form of graphic design and Ikea décor. Addressing the commodification of culture, Reyle reclaims the cliché and the kitsch to create his own brand of ‘authenticity’, meeting the shifting aspects lifestyle and art industry demands. Untitled reworks Brancusi’s Africanism, creating an exotic ‘primitivism’ in space age funkadelic purple.


Anselm Reyle

Untitled (for Otto Freundlich)

2005
mixed media on canvas

415 x 192cm

In Untitled (for Otto Freundlich), Anselm Reyle pays tribute to one of Abstraction’s unsung heroes. Influenced by his early work on the stained glass windows in Chartres Cathedral, Fruendlich’s paintings and sculptures were denounced by the Nazi’s, and much of his work was destroyed before the artist’s tragic death in Majdanek concentration camp in 1943. Reworking the fractured aesthetic of Freundlich’s kaleidoscope paintings, Reyle’s mixed media homage frames the originals as a seed of futuristic legacy. The predominance of black patches indicates mourning, while bright colours encapsulate a sense of spiritualism and triumph.


Anselm Reyle

Untitled - Detail

2006
119 neon tubes, chains, cable and 13 transformators

10m x 8m, 5m high



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The third Monopol Edition/Die dritte Monopol Edition

Anselm Reyle is one of the most important young artists dealing with abstraction and formalism. Topics that were believed to be done within the modernist age, are now getting new attention by artists that work with matters and associations of our time. Reyle, born 1970 in Tübingen, Germany, uses for his reliefs, paintings and sculptures artificial materials like PVC-foil, acrylic, mirror or concrete. New Reyles are currently on view in his gallery Giti Nourbakhsch in Berlin. In autumn, the artist participates in the exhibition "Painting in Tounges" at MOCA inLos Angeles.

Anselm Reyle ist einer der wichtigsten jungen Künstler, die sich mit Abstraktion und Formalismus auseinandersetzen. Themen, die man mit dem Zeitalter der Moderne erledigt glaubte, erhalten durch Künstler wie ihn neue Impulse, indem er mit Materialien und Assoziationsräumen der Gegenwart arbeiten. Reyle, geboren 1970 in Tübingen, benutzt für seine Reliefs, Bilder und Skulpturen künstliche Stoffe wie PVC-Folie, Acryl, Spiegel oder Beton. Neue Reyles sind gerade in seiner Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch in Berlin zu sehen, im Herbst ist er u.a. in Los Angeles im MOCA bei der Ausstellung "Painting in Tounges" vertreten.

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