Erich Reusch
OHNE TITEL
September 17–November 14, 2015
Opening: Wednesday 16 September, 6–9pm
Aurel Scheibler
Schöneberger Ufer 71
10785 Berlin
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday 11am–6pm
During Berlin Art Week: Wednesday 16 September 6–9pm,
Friday 18–Saturday 19 September 12–7pm,
Sunday 20 September 12–6pm
Erich Reusch, one of the most significant contemporary sculptors, best known for his sculptural interventions in space, first engaged with the idea of a “horizontal sculpture” in the mid-1950s. This term was popularized by Martin Schneckenburger at documenta 6 in 1977, at which Reusch was prominently represented by a large sculpture situated at the Karlsaue in Kassel. Here, sculpture was taken down from its pedestal and transferred to the horizontal, anticipating such concepts as the grid and linear format sculptures of the American artist Carl Andre. By his innovative consideration of the relationship of object and its surroundings, and the decentralization of sculpture, Reusch developed the concept we now call “site-specific.” He gained wider public recognition by his experimentation with electrostatics in the 1960s, where he developed Plexiglass vitrines containing graphite pigment dust and charged them electrostatically; the Plexiglass panes attract the dust, which responds to touch by redistributing itself and settling on the panes in varying patterns. Erich Reusch synthesized his artistic process explaining “not the object, but the space is the event.”
Reusch’s method of transgressing boundaries and treating perception as agile and active has recently expressed itself in the medium of painting. Here, his gestural, expressive dashes, geometric shapes and trajectories move beyond the borders of the painted surface and yet still seem to locate the viewer. The constant fluctuation of geometry and movement, and the placement of triangle, square and circle within the gesture disquiet and challenge the flexibility of perception.
OHNE TITEL, Erich Reusch’s second solo exhibition at Aurel Scheibler, concentrates on his latest paintings. The Acht Bild (2012–15), Reusch’s largest multipart work on canvas to date, is the focus of the exhibition. His work on canvas is complemented by new electrostatic objects and a historic photographic work of 1971. The exhibition is on view until November 14.
The artist celebrated his 90th birthday on June 26, 2015. In parallel to the exhibition OHNE TITEL, the Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid hosts the exhibition erich reusch. werke 1935–2015, on view until September 20. Reusch studied sculpture and architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Berlin. He worked as an architect from 1953 until the mid-1960s, when he chose to concentrate exclusively on his artistic work. In 1975, he was awarded the chair for the Integration Bildende Kunst und Architektur (Integration of Fine Art and Architecture), created for him at the Art Academy Dusseldorf. He retired in 1990 and was named an honorary member of the Art Academy Dusseldorf in 2010. He lives and works in Neuenrade, Germany.
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