Reto Emch

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Reto Emch (born July 2, 1961 in Solothurn ) is a Swiss visual artist. His work includes installation , sculpture , painting and photography .

Life

Reto Emch grew up in Derendingen. After attending the teachers' seminar in Solothurn, he learned photography and worked as a photographer for the Solothurn Canton Archeology. This was followed by a two-year stay in Paris from 1984 to 1986. Longer stays abroad are due to his assistant to Jean Tinguely from 1987 to 1990, whom he accompanies at international exhibitions. From 1987 Reto Emch (also known as EMCH) ran his studio in Turin , where he lived until 1993.

Since the late 1980s, Emch's works have been represented at national and international sculpture exhibitions, in Môtiers (1989), Spoleto (1992), Gubbio (1994) and Bex (2005).

After an intensive phase as a freelance artist, during which he showed installations in the park of the Kunstmuseum Solothurn in 1986 and 1992, he returned in 1998 as a technician to the museum in his hometown for seven years. Even during his employment, which he provided until 2005, he continued to work as an artist. After individual presentations at the Kunstverein Ludwigsburg (2003) and at the Giorgio Persano Gallery in Turin (2007), his first overview exhibition took place in 2008 at the Solothurn Art Museum . Large installations followed in Turin (2008 Fondazione Merz), Genoa (2008 Camera di Commercio), Demonte (2008), Hamburg (2009), Moscow (2015).

Reto Emch has been leading and curating the Haus der Kunst St. Josef in Solothurn since 2010. In the rooms of the former St. Josef monastery church, nationally and internationally known artists show mainly installation works.

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The focus of Reto Emch's work is installation works that are site-specific. He deals with the peculiarities and peculiarities of a place he has chosen and emphasizes or counteracts these with his interventions. He draws inspiration and borrowings from different areas. Aspects of Minimal Art and Arte Povera can be recognized. Sound, dance or theatrical moments can also be part of his work.

A recurring motif in his works is the preoccupation with water. In doing so, he deals with the flowing element in a complex manner. The wealth of variations in the color nuances that appear in the water can emerge in his painterly works, or acoustic features, such as drops of water falling on the floor, can be emphasized using sound. The spectrum of the realized works includes converted wells, newly built water basins in unusual locations or a former transport ship immersed in spray.

Another constant in his varied work is the use of everyday materials. These can be everyday objects that are no longer used, that are withdrawn from their original context and given a new function within a work. Disposed and reactivated refrigerators, washing machines or rubber tires are placed in new, surprising contexts in Reto Emch's works. His room installations appear several times in adapted form as a stage set. Among others in On_Line __ (2009), Buzzing Landscape (2011) and Kalaschnikowa (2016) for the dance company el Contrabando, with which he is also on tour internationally. The director and choreographer of the dance company is his partner Anet Fröhlicher.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1986 Altar, Solothurn Art Museum , Solothurn
  • 1986 Il Palazzo blu-marin, Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld
  • 1986 Meerbilder, Künstlerhaus S11, Solothurn
  • 1987 Il Palazzo blu-marin with A. Heusser, Galerie Medici, Solothurn
  • 1989 The Sea of ​​Tears with MMR, La Chapelle St. Louis de la Salpêtrière, Paris F, with catalog
  • 1990 Water installation, Mangisch Gallery, Zurich
  • 1991 Zwischenhimmel with D. Hutter, Garage Schlotterbeck, Basel and Kunstmausoleum, Biel
  • 1992 La Piazza Reale, Solothurn Art Museum, Solothurn, with catalog
  • 1992 Meermobil 5, Galerie am Marktplatz, Büren a. A.
  • 1993 Transformator, Mangisch Gallery, Zurich
  • 1993 Aquariums, Rössli Gallery, Balsthal
  • 1994 Il ballo della balena, Lavatoio Pubblico, Rio nell 'Elba I
  • 1994 EMCH, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin I
  • 1995 Sound mass with P. Haldemann, Von Roll-Areal, Klus
  • 1996 Seefeld triptych, SEV area, Zurich
  • 1997 Reto Emch, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin I
  • 1998 Schottenbrunnen, SEV area, Zurich
  • 1998 Installation, Friday Gallery, Solothurn1
  • 1998 Installations, Cargo, Marseille F
  • 1999 ATEM, Kunsthalle, Burgdorf
  • 2002 Traces, Kunsthaus Zofingen
  • 2003 "Inneres Meer", Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg D, with catalog
  • 2005 installations, Roamer, Solothurn
  • 2006 Reto Emch, see301, Zurich
  • 2007 Absolut, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin I
  • 2008 Intonare, Solothurn Art Museum, Solothurn, with catalog
  • 2008 H2O, Palazzo della Borsa, Genoa I, with catalog
  • 2009 Souvenir, Cap San Diego, Hamburg D, with catalog
  • 2011 FRIGO, House of Art St. Josef, Solothurn
  • 2015 Celeste, House of Art St. Josef, Solothurn
  • 2016 Reto Emch, Galerie Rössli, Balsthal
  • 2018 Ruin Installation, Schusev State Museum of Architecture MUAR, Moscow RU
  • 2018 Land Side, Concept Space_Shibukawa J
  • 2018 Sea Side, AIS Gallery Shibukawa J
  • 2020 2020, House of Art St. Josef, Solothurn

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • 1984 Orwell 1984, Olten Art Museum , Olten
  • 1985 Working year contributions from the Canton of Solothurn, Olten Art Museum, Olten
  • 1989 Artist workshop industry, Solothurn Art Museum, Solothurn, with catalog
  • 1989 Swiss sculpture exhibition, Môtiers 89, Môtiers, with catalog
  • 1991 The art mausoleum in the white hall, Kunstmuseum Bern , Bern
  • 1992 Artedomani, punti di vista, Incontri Internazionali d'Arte, Spoleto I, with catalog
  • 1992 Kultur im Thal, cantonal cultural center Palais Besenval , Solothurn, with catalog
  • 1993 Sound, Museum of Modern Art, Bozen I, with catalog
  • 1994 XXII Biennale di Scultura, Gubbio I, with catalog
  • 1995 Pied-à-terre, Center Culturel Suisse, Paris F
  • 1995 Artcircolo, Mělnik Castle, Mělnik Cz, with catalog
  • 1995 Triebquelle, Botanikum, Munich D, with catalog
  • 1996 Punti di vista, Ex-ospedale San Matteo degli Infermi, Artedomani 3, SpoletoI
  • 1996 1000 years of Austria. The Danube, a journey, Schottenstift, Vienna A, with catalog
  • 1996 Kunstlinie, Wasseramt, with catalog
  • 1998 Grauholz Sculpture Path, Bern, with catalog
  • 1999 Mémoires, paysages interieures, Bex & Arts, Bex, with catalog
  • 2000 art in the slaughterhouse, slaughterhouse, Büren a. A., with catalog
  • 2000 time. Time. Less, Egon Schiele Museum, Krumlov CS, with catalog
  • 2001 Chairs in contemporary art, Civici Musei del castello di Udine, Udine I, with catalog
  • 2001 Chairs in contemporary art, Palazzo Affari ai Giureconsulti, Milano I
  • 2002 opening exhibition, Haus der Kunst St. Josef, Solothurn, with catalog
  • 2002 Artcanal, Erlach, with catalog
  • 2003 Heavens Lounge, Künstlerhaus S11, vision, illusion, fiction, Solothurn, with catalog
  • 2005 10X Freiraum, Galerie Rössli, Balsthal, with catalog
  • 2005 En plain air, Waldegg Castle , Feldbrunnen
  • 2005 Le goût du sel, Bex & Arts, Bex, with catalog
  • 2005 La strada, 16 ° edizione di Fuori Uso, Pescara I, with catalog
  • 2007 Ein Blick Kunst, House of Art St. Josef, Solothurn
  • 2008 Lasciami, Bex & Arts, Bex, with catalog
  • 2008 Tracce d'acqua, Sulla via dello Sturla, Demonte I, with catalog
  • 2009 Moving Standstill, Solothurn Art Museum, Solothurn
  • 2009 Mehr, Cap San Diego, together with HAW Hamburg, with catalog
  • 2010 Chromie, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel
  • 2011 Territoires, Bex & Arts, Bex, with catalog
  • 2013 L'accrochache 2013, Galerie Rössli, Balsthal
  • 2014 Heat wave, Solothurn Art Museum, Solothurn
  • 2016 winter light, Sutz-Lattrigen, with catalog
  • 2017 l'Energie, Bex & Arts, Bex, with catalog
  • 2017 Dingkult, Derendingen, with catalog
  • 2018 Now Art, Max Frisch Bad, Zurich
  • 2018 Dis / Order, Voltage, Basel
  • 2019 Insects, Kunsthaus Steffisburg, Steffisburg
  • 2020 Genius Loci Salodorensis. Solothurn Art Museum

Publications (selection)

  • Michael Babics: Art Intervention on Cap San Diego, in: Kat. Souvenir, Cap San Diego, Hamburg, 2009, pp. 3–5
  • Viana Conti: L'artista che fa viaggiare il mare, in: H2O, Palazzo della Borsa, Genova, 2008, Verlag de Ferrari, pp. 21-23
  • André Kamber: La Piazza Reale, in: Cat.La Piazza Reale, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn, 1992, p. 2
  • Agnes Kohlmeyer: On the necessity of attuning to one's “inner seas”, in: Kat. Intonare, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn, 2008 Verlag für modern Kunst Nürnberg, pp. 9–13
  • Agnes Kohlmeyer: La Strada, in: Cat. La Strada, 16 ° edizioni di Fuori Uso, Pescara, 2005, pp. 18-30
  • Agnes Kohlmeyer: "Inneres Meer", in: Kat. Reto Emch, "Inneres Meer", Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, 2003, pp. 4–15
  • Agnes Kohlmeyer: Qualche domande sulle sedie d'artista, in: Cat. Chairs in contemporary art, Civici Musei del castello di Udine, Udine, 2001, pp. 15–32
  • Agnes Kohlmeyer: Raum-Bilder, in: Cat. Artedomani 1992 punti di vista, Incontri Internationali d'Arte, Spoleto, 1992, pp. 31-34
  • Agnes Kohlmeyer: Eau & Gaz à tous les étages, Daidalos, No. 55, 1995, pp. 80-89
  • Agnes Kohlmeyer: Zurich, Reto Emch, Contemporanea, No. 22, 1990. p. 97
  • Juri Steiner: Water and Life. Reto Emch, in: Cat.H2O, Palazzo della Borsa, Genova, 2008, Verlag de Ferrari, p. 12
  • Juri Steiner: Imponderabilien, in: Kat.Jurassic Town, Schusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow, 2018, p. 196
  • Christoph Vögele: Circulating and flowing, clearing and stacking, in: Kat. Intonare, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn, 2008 Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, pp. 15–21

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reto Emch, EMCH, art, artist, artist, photo, photography, painting, objects, sculpture, installation, room installation - HOME. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Reto Emch, EMCH, art, artist, artist, photo, photography, painting, objects, sculpture, installation, room installation - EXHIBITIONS - Group - 1992-Spoleto. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ 2005 - BEX & ARTS. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ ibl and partner ag: Solothurn Art Museum. Retrieved on April 5, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ Home. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  6. ^ Giorgio Persano | Official Site. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  7. ^ Fondazione Merz. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Reto Emch, EMCH, art, artist, artist, photo, photography, painting, objects, sculpture, installation, room installation - EXHIBITIONS - Solo - 2008 – H2O-Palazzo-della-borsa. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Reto Emch, EMCH, art, artist, artist, photo, photography, painting, objects, sculpture, installation, room installation - EXHIBITIONS - Group - 2008 – civilization – Demonte. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Reto Emch, EMCH, art, artist, artist, photo, photography, painting, objects, sculpture, installation, room installation - EXHIBITIONS - Solo - 2009 – Souvenir-CSD. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Reto Emch, EMCH, art, artist, artist, photo, photography, painting, objects, sculpture, installation, room installation - EXHIBITIONS - Solo - 2018 – MUAR-Moscow. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Nationally and internationally known artists mainly show installation works in the rooms of the former St. Josef monastery church. The exhibition activity is comparable to that of an art gallery or a public art space. Reto Emch has been running the house since August 2010. - HOME. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  13. ↑ compagnie el contrabando productions. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  14. ↑ compagnie el contrabando productions. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  15. ↑ compagnie el contrabando productions. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  16. ^ Compagnie el Contrabando-Anet Fröhlicher. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Музей архитектуры имени Щусева. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Reto Emch, EMCH, art, artist, artist, photo, photography, painting, objects, sculpture, installation, room installation - EXHIBITIONS - Solo - 2018-Concept Space. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Emch, Reto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES EMCH
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 2nd, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Solothurn