About
Anselm Reyle was born in Tübingen, Germany in 1970. He currently lives and works in Berlin.
Reyle's stripe paintings are instantly recognizable as responses to the formalist vocabulary of Clement Greenberg that defined the art of the 1950s and 1960s. Reyle references iconic abstractionists ranging from Kenneth Noland to Otto Freundlich. Reyle's "objets-trouvés," a reference to his multi-media installations that include sculpture and found neon lights, are in constant dialogue about the role of modernism today.
Reyle's critique of painting extends to his exploration of the constantly shifting criteria required for a work to be considered complete. He is one of few contemporary German painters examining the lessons of abstraction and their place in contemporary painting at a moment when figurative painting has gained critical momentum.
The artist's past solo exhibitions include shows at the Modern Institute in Glasgow (2007) and Galerie Almine Rech, Paris; one of new sculptures and paintings at Kunsthalle Zurich (2006); Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin and Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York. He has also participated in numerous international group exhibitions including ones at Tate Modern, London and the Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy.
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Exhibitions
PLIAGE / FOLD
February 28–April 17, 2014
Paris
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Meissen Debris Acropolis
October 17–December 16, 2011
Athens
Summer Shows
July 8–September 3, 2010
980 Madison Avenue, New York
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Monochrome Age
September 17–October 24, 2009
West 24th Street, New York
for what you are about to receive
September 18–October 25, 2008
Red October, Moscow
Yayoi Kusama, Steven Parrino, Anselm Reyle
March 13–April 19, 2008
West 24th Street, New York
Grotjahn, Hirst, Parrino, Reyle, Richter, Stingel, Warhol
September 18–October 13, 2007
980 Madison Avenue, New York
Old Space New Space
January 23–March 3, 2007
980 Madison Avenue, New York