René Straub
René Straub (born May 20, 1947 in Stuttgart ) is a German conceptual artist .
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René Straub attended the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart from 1967 to 1970 and then studied history and German at the Ludwigsburg University of Education from 1970 to 1974. From 1975 to 1979 he was in school service. He has been working as a freelance artist since 1979. From its founding in 1983 until its dissolution in 2003, René Straub was part of the ABR Stuttgart production group . From 1992 to 2004 he was chairman of the Künstlerhaus Stuttgart and from 1998 to 2008 managing director and lecturer at the Free Art Academy Nürtingen. Straub held teaching positions at various art schools and in 2003 took up a visiting professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . His work has been shown at numerous exhibitions in Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland. René Straub is married to Heidi Straub and lives in Berlin.
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René Straub's work is somewhere between art and design. He is particularly interested in the formation of patterns and the question of the connection between surface and identity. In this context, large-format sample pictures were created on the one hand, the motifs of which were continued on fabrics, wallpaper or carpets. On the other hand, there were considerations on the connection between thinking and interior design - exemplified by Friedrich Schiller and Friedrich Nietzsche - which were published several times and led to lectures at the Weimar Classic Foundation and at Elmau Castle .
With Heidi Straub he founded the manufacture of fine shirts in 1986 , whose collections were developed according to artistic criteria and sold through fashion stores. In this way, by spreading the pattern, a contribution to art in public space was created that was distributed among many carriers . The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich presented this project in 1995 in a solo exhibition that was taken over by the Musée de la Chemiserie in Argenton-sur-Creuse , France, and permanently integrated into the collection there.
With the Austrian artist Ella Raidel, Straub realized some video works and silkscreen pictures under the project name framerec from 2000, the starting point of which was the unplanned changes to surfaces in cities.
René Straub designed most of the posters as well as all publications for ABR Stuttgart and all issues of the META magazine, which Ute Meta Bauer published for the Künstlerhaus Stuttgart . His best-known work is the video loop Umsonst ist die Tod from 2004, which was acquired by the Stuttgart Art Museum .
Publications
Besides beauty, the listed publications were created in collaboration with Harry Walter and were published under the name ABR Stuttgart .
- Must be beauty. Vexer Verlag, St.Gallen 1988, ISBN 3-909090-03-6 .
- Must be beauty. Museum for Design Zurich, Vexer Verlag St.Gallen 1995, ISBN 3-909090-21-4 .
- Générateurs Modèles / model breeders. Raum Editions, Lyon 1988, ISBN 2-907667-00-9 .
- Between the ice and the south. Vexer Verlag, St.Gallen 1994, ISBN 3-909090-16-8 .
- Ornament and promise. Edited by Johann-Karl Schmidt, quantum books Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-935293-12-7 .
literature
- Art Forum International. Volume 91, 1987.
- Art Forum International. Volume 116, 1991.
- Interfaces. Heidelberger Kunstverein 1994, ISBN 3-926905-90-5 .
- Zoom, views of contemporary art. Hatje Cantz, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-89322-987-6 .
- Between color and shape. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-17-022415-5 .
Web links
- Website René Straub
- Website framerec
- Video Death is free
- FAZ review ornament and promise
- Pearl divers review ornament and promise
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Straub, René |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German concept artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |