Stephan Reusse

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Stephan Reusse (* 1954 in Pinneberg ) is a German artist .

life and work

Reusse trained in photojournalism at the Folkwang School in Essen. During his studies with Harry Kramer , he began to emphasize photographs, developed forms of burning photographs into ceramics and opened up thermographs as a space for artistic activity.

In Reusse's artistic work, performances, objects (including carpets) and installations, neon works, laser works and drawings on paper can be found that maintain complex relationships on methodological, image-theoretical / media-reflective and content-related levels. The experimental, the performance, the exploration of "apparatus realities" and their possible interconnections with abstract painting are dedicated to the work on "authentic, non-consumable pictures" (Stephan Reusse).

From 1998 to 1999 he spent two years working at CalArts in Los Angeles. There he developed an interest in social messages, as shown, for example, in his work group "Sleeper / Victims", his pictures of homeless people. His group of works of "artist portraits" not only relies on staged photos of the other person, but also conveys his perception and examination of the work and the person of other artists. These include a. the groups of works entitled "Collaborations". These include portraits of and collaborations with Joseph Beuys , John Baldessari , Paul Thek , Rosemarie Trockel , Jeff Koons , Nam June Paik and many others.

The laser work that has emerged in recent years is based on vectorizations. They are based on real - filmed - movements and were not generated from a virtual world. He describes these works as "imaginary light sculptures".

Participation in group exhibitions (selection)

  • 2015 Le chat et ses photographes , Maison Européenne de la Photographie Museum, Paris / France
  • 2014 Unpainted , media Artfair, Postpalast Munich / Germany
  • 2013 Spotlight , Art Museum Celle / Germany
  • 2012 Light Line (Un) Real , Center for International Light Art, Unna / Germany
  • 2011 Blink - Light, Sound and the Moving Images , Denver Art Museum / USA
  • 2010 The Rhythm of Istanbul , AKBANK Sanat, Istanbul / Turkey
  • 2009 Hundred Stories about Love , 21st Century ", Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa / Japan

literature

  • Lorna Owen: Mouse Muse: The Mouse in Art . Monacelli Press, New York 2014. ISBN 978-1-58093-394-0
  • Marietta Franke: Stephan Reusse: Artistic opening processes . Snoek, Cologne 2012. (German / English). ISBN 978-3-86442-008-5
  • Stephan Reusse, Lukas Feichtner (eds.): Works 2003–1982 . Hohenems Hämmerle, 2003. ISBN 978-3-902249-35-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile on artfacts.net, accessed on August 28, 2015
  2. ↑ photographs
  3. ↑ The Experimental
  4. ^ Marietta Franke: Stephan Reusse: Artistic opening processes . Snoek, Cologne 2012 ( PDF, p. 48 )
personal data
SURNAME Reusse, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Pinneberg