Udo Rein

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Udo Rein

Udo Rein (born October 9, 1960 in Heidelberg ) is a German artist who has been involved in film art and painting internationally since 2000 .

Life

Udo Rein was born in Heidelberg in 1960. He began his career as an artist in the USA, where he lived for a long time in the 1980s and 1990s.

Especially in the technique of his work with photography and collage, Rein feels connected to the style of Robert Rauschenberg , Ray Johnson , Richard Hamilton and Mimmo Rotella . His technique in the special processing as a collage on wooden panels was new to him. It is an individual way of expression that arises from the experience with Pop and Street Art, art movements that had a strong influence on Rein's artistic career. In many places around the world, he uses films to document social and cultural contrasts. These recordings form the starting material for further artistic processing.

His first major exhibition took place in 2002 in conjunction with the Wertstatt Verlag Munich under the theme Time Panels .

Works

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Social contrasts are a focus in the work of Udo Rein, formerly alias Redo. Opposites are opposed to one another and are called into question.

His work begins with observation and film documentation, which is often the result of weeks, months, and sometimes even years of work - as in the case of the EX.IT series, a reproduction of images that are often already forgotten from the exploration of urban areas Situations arise.

From films to stills and from these to collages on wood. His TIME panels, originally all 50 × 50 cm in size, made from collages of Time Magazine titles , were the idea and the origin of his work today.

With Time 5min 5sec and Lost Paradise , two documentaries about the world of the homeless, the clochards and the unadjusted and their way of understanding time, the artist has developed two further series on the theme of time. These series include three documentaries with the associated four video installations and sixteen collages in oil and acrylic colors on wood.

In 2004, in collaboration with Cultural Affairs, the international map project Heimweg (the way home) was created with artists such as Pipilotti Rist , Richard Long , Kasper König and Jonathan Gallan.

Another project developed by the artist is Why cant Afghani people smoke , a documentary implementation of the armed conflict in Afghanistan and the problems facing women there. Also worth mentioning is the Exit Babel ( Babylon's shadow ) project, a documentation-based surrealist implementation of the story of John, a fellow prisoner of Nelson Mandela , who now guides tourists to the prison island Robben Island and thus comes to terms with his past. The film was presented for the first time at the Bauhaus University in Weimar as part of the international Babels Shade project.

In Cuba, Chile and Argentina - Madres de Plaza de Mayo - the artist tries to address the unexplained disappearance of people, be it because of the movement of peoples, natural disasters, religious backgrounds or displacement. The juxtapositions that the artist chooses to express his ideas could not be more contrary: Cuba, Ibiza, power, decay, regime, dictatorship, lust, energy, facade, force, fear, war and death are in their possible and diverse variations shown as social dispositions. The artist's perception of his surroundings triggers enormous impulses in him and motivates his documentations, such as Gazela, a reappraisal of the Sinti and Roma living in reception camps in Belgrade.

The documentary material was initially used to create an artistic film version, which the artist then processed into film stills and collages. The whole process is shown in the exhibition.

Udo Rein uses film stills as collage material for his paintings on wooden panels, for which he uses oil and acrylic paints.

His work is characterized by socially critical issues, such as in the projects with the homeless at Hinz and Kunzt in Hamburg, the townships in South Africa or the life of the homeless in all parts of the world. Udo Rein has been working with Galerie Bhak, one of the leading galleries in Seoul (South Korea), for several years.

Important exhibitions

Important projects

  • 2004 Haus der Kunst , Art Project Heimweg, Cultural Affairs, Munich, Germany
  • 2007 Babylons Schatten (Babels Shade) an international art project.

With the well-known curators of "Curatorial Partners" Dr. Elmar Zorn, Manfred Schneckenburger , David Galloway and Dieter Ronte . Beginning of the Bauhaus University Weimar

  • 2008 Pasinger Fabrik, Thomas Linsmayer Kurturreferat Munich
  • 2008/2009 Babels Shade-Babylons Schatten Pasinger Fabrik and the book with the city of Munich, print city administration Munich 2008
  • 2009 Foundation of the working group "Curatorial Partners" with u. a. David Galloway , Dieter Ronte , Manfred Schneckenburger , Philippe Daverio .

Development of the long-term project "Babylons Schatten", with the photo artist Kanjo Také and the Bauhaus University Weimar . Conception of a major exhibition “Art and Science” for the Berlin Academy of the Arts, together with the exhibition organizer Rolf Külz-Mackenzie and the artist Wolfgang Petrick . Cooperation with Prof. Siegfried Bethke (Max Planck Institute for Physics Munich) and the artist Jürgen Jaumann, Kitzbühel Memorial event for Nicolas Economou in Cyprus. Co-curatoriality of the Goethe-Institut art exhibition “Together in Motion” by German and Chinese artists in Wuhan. Opening of the exhibition "Kitzbühel between art and science" in the Chapter 1 art gallery, together with Professor Siegfried Bethke (Director of the Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munich and Cern, Geneva). Opening of the exhibition "Kairos" by Karl Weibl with installations and panel paintings in the House of Photography, Burghausen. Opening of the exhibition Babylons Schatten in the Pasinger factory in Munich with works by Willi Bucher, Clemens Fürtler, Udo Rein

  • 2010 collaboration in the development of a "European Award for Pop Surrealism & Urban Art".

Participation in art KARLSRUHE with “Babylons Schatten” by the Curatorial Partners, presentations by Bullinger, Fürtler, Mooslechner, Bucher / Kopp, Leidhold, Takè, Rein.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anja Mauruschat: Udo Rein - time panels Editor: Wertstatt Verlag, 2002, ISBN 9783936159035
  2. ^ Christian Jacobs: Heimweg , publisher: Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nuremberg, Germany, ISBN 3-936711-47-X ; Page 172/173
  3. ↑ value instead Verlag, Munich: Art Forum Berlin 2002 Publisher: World Art Verlag GmbH Munich, ISBN 3-777-49620-0 , page 408
  4. ^ Art Cologne 2005: Art Now , publisher: Messe Köln GmbH, ISBN 3-7774-2805-1 . Page 156
  5. ↑ KCAF KOREAN CONTEMPORAY 2005 , editor: SEOUL ART CENTER, page 74/75; KCAF KOREAN CONTEMPORAY 2006 , publisher: SEOUL ART CENTER, pages 118/119; KCAF KOREAN CONTEMPORAY 2007 , publisher: SEOUL ART CENTER, page 82/83; KCAF KOREAN CONTEMPORAY 2008 , publisher: SEOUL ART CENTER, page 74/75
  6. ^ Art Cologne 2006, publisher: Messe Köln GmbH, ISBN 3-7774-3325-X . Page 106
  7. ^ Art Karlsruhe 2009, ISBN 978-3-937295-85-5 , page 154
  8. ^ Art Forum Berlin: SCOPE Basel Art Show 2011 , pages 14/15
  9. ^ Preview Berlin 12, ISBN 978-3-942831-46-8 , page 104
  10. ↑ Website of the Rovereto City Library ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved July 12, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bibliotecacivica.rovereto.tn.it
  11. ^ Christian Jacobs: Heimweg , publisher: Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nuremberg, Germany, ISBN 3-936711-47-X ; Page 172/173
  12. ↑ Interview with David Galloway in front of a work by Udo Rein for Babylons Schatten at art KARLSRUHE 2010
personal data
SURNAME Rein, Udo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Redo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg