Michael Reisch
{{Short description|German artist and photographer}}
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Michael Reisch (born 1964) is a German artist[http://www.creativeboom.co.uk/culture/the-art-form-answers-questions-artistically/ "The Artform answers questions artistically"]. Creative Boom.[http://www.arbroathherald.co.uk/news/local-news/pupils-sample-the-art-of-the-land-1-3222108 "Pupils sample the art of the land"]. Arbroath Herald. 6 December 2013. and photographer.[http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/art/visual-art-review-romantic-camera-scottish-photography-and-the-modern-world-war-at-sea-1-2013160 "Visual art review: Romantic Camera: Scottish Photography and the Modern World | War at Sea"]. The Scotsman, 16 December 2011, Duncan Macmillan Reisch exhibited nationally and internationally.[http://www.fotointern.ch/archiv/2015/11/13/live-von-der-paris-photo-dem-mekka-der-kunstfotografie/ "Live von der Paris Photo – dem Mekka der Kunstfotografie"]. FotoIntern. 13 November 2015 His works are included in collections worldwide, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA and National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite book|author1=Sara Stevenson|author2=Duncan Forbes|title=A Companion Guide to Photography in the National Galleries of Scotland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mY1LAQAAIAAJ|year=2009|publisher=National Galleries of Scotland|isbn=978-1-906270-20-9}}[http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/R/22109/artist_name/Michael%20Reisch/record_id/20309 "Michael Reisch Collection"]. National Galleries Scotland. His works combine aspects of documentary photography, painting and sculpture. He lives in Düsseldorf.
Early life and education
Reisch was born in Aachen.[http://www.art-in.de/incmu2.php?id=3898 "Michael Reisch: Selected Works / Matthias Hoch: Silver Tower / Astrid Nippoldt: Oakwood Drei parallele Solo-Präsentationen"]. Art-in-de, 29.9.-24.11.2013 | Museum Kurhaus Kleve Eingabedatum: 5 October 2013 He studied at "Stadsacademie voor toegepaste Kunsten" Maastricht in 1985 and at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam 1986 – 91. 1991 he was enrolled in postgraduate studies at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Bernd Becher.
Career
In 1990 Reisch was Artist in Residence at the Foundation Cartier in Paris. He created a series of works, "architectures", between 1991 and 2004, which depict mainly architecture of the 1970s. In 2002 he received a scholarship from the Foundation Kunst und Kultur des Landes Nordrheinwestfalen. Between 2002 and 2006, Reisch worked on a body of work titled "landscapes". His second group of works, "new landscapes", were created from 2007 to 2010, after he received a scholarship from Stiftung Kunstfonds in Bonn.[http://www.natur.de/de/10/Michael-Reisch-New-Landscapes,1,0,460.html "Review Michael Reisch – New Landscapes"]. Natur. MARTIN RASPER Since 2010 Reisch has combined fully digitally generated abstract works with landscape photography in his exhibitions.
Reisch's works are large-sized photographs, often highly processed by digital editing techniques.[http://artreview.com/reviews/review_michael_reisch/ "Michael Reisch Bischoff/Weiss, London 25 January – 9 March 2013"]. Art Review, Helen Sumpter[http://www.rp-online.de/niederrhein-nord/kleve/nachrichten/museum-kurhaus-mit-drei-ausstellungen-1.3709155 "Museum Kurhaus mit drei Ausstellungen"]. RP Online, 28 September 2013 He uses these techniques to erase civilizing signs and marks from the buildings photographed.
Solo exhibitions (extract)
- 2001: Räume für neue Kunst, Rolf Hengesbach, Wuppertal
- 2005: Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Köln
- 2006: Fotomuseum im Stadtmuseum, München
- 2007: Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland[http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/revealed-the-100-greatest-masterpieces-in-scotlands-national-galleries-according-to-i.127056954 "Revealed: The 100 greatest masterpieces in Scotland's national galleries, according to its director"]. Herald Scotland, Phil Miller Arts Correspondent 26 May 2015
- 2007: Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg
- 2007: Landesgalerie am Landesmuseum Oberösterreich, Linz, Österreich
- 2008: Kunsthalle Erfurt
- 2010: Galerie Hengesbach, Berlin
- 2011: Bischoff/Weiss Gallery, London, GB
- 2012: Peter Lav Gallery, Kopenhagen, Denmark
Group exhibitions (extract)
- 1996: … wie gemalt, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein
- 2002: Zwischen Konstruktion und Wirklichkeit, Landschaft in der zeitgenössischen deutschen Fotografie, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen
- 2003: Modellierte Wirklichkeiten, Landesgalerie am Landesmuseum Oberösterreich Linz, Österreich
- 2004: Gezähmte Natur, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen, Cottbus
- 2008: Architecture-Biennale Venice, Italien, with brandlhuber+
- 2009: Landscape, contemporary, Dr. Robert-Gerlich-Museum, Burghausen
- 2010: Realismus – Das Abenteuer der Wirklichkeit, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany; Kunsthalle Emden; Kunsthal Rotterdam, Niederlande
- 2011: Alpenlandschaft-Sehnsuchtsort und Bühne, Residenzgalerie, Salzburg, Österreich
- 2011: Section "Romantic Camera", Permanent Collection, National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2011: Shifting Realities, Scheublein Fine Art, Zürich, Schweiz
- 2012: Unbestimmtheitstellen, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg
- 2013: Romantic Camera, Edinburgh
Publications (extract)
- 2006: Michael Reisch, monograph, 124 pages, Hatje Cantz Publishers, Ostfildern, Germany, {{ISBN|3-7757-1848-6}}, {{ISBN|978-3-7757-1848-6}}
- 2010: New Landscapes, monograph, 100 pages, Hatje Cantz Publishers, Ostfildern, Germany, {{ISBN|978-3-7757-2635-1}}
- 2013: Selected Works, monograph, 96 pages, Kerber Publishers, Bielefeld, Germany, {{ISBN|978-3-86678-903-6}}
References
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- Langer, Freddy: Materie pur; in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), No. 28, 3 February 2011.
- Exhibition "Scottish Photography and the modern World" http://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/368/romantic-camera/scottish-photography-and-the-modern-world
Literature
- Wolf Lieser: Digital Art, hard-back: 287 pages, Publisher: h.f.ullmann publishing (20 March 2009), {{ISBN|3833153377}}, {{ISBN|978-3833153372}}
External links
- http://www.michaelreisch.com/
- Biographie Michael Reisch:http://www.artnet.de/Künstler/michael-reisch/biografie-links
- www.hengesbach-gallery.com/sites/artists/reisch.html
- http://www.bischoffweiss.com/artists/_15/
- http://plgallery.dk/?artists=michael-reisch
- http://scheubleinbak.com/artists/michael-reisch
- http://kunstraum-alexander-buerkle.de/de/sammlung/michael-reisch/
- Exhibition Michael Reisch Museum Kurhaus Kleve: http://www.museumkurhaus.de/de/7808.html
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