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Michael Reisch

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Michael Reisch (born 1964) is a German artist[1][2] and photographer.[3] Reisch exhibited nationally and internationally.[4] His works are included in collections worldwide, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA and National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland.[5][6] His works combine aspects of documentary photography, painting and sculpture. He lives in Düsseldorf.

Early life and education

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Reisch was born in Aachen.[7] He studied at "Stadsacademie voor toegepaste Kunsten" Maastricht in 1985 and at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam 1986 – 91. 1991 he was enrolled in postgraduate studies at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Bernd Becher.

Career

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In 1990 Reisch was Artist in Residence at the Foundation Cartier in Paris. He created a series of works, "architectures", between 1991 and 2004, which depict mainly architecture of the 1970s. In 2002 he received a scholarship from the Foundation Kunst und Kultur des Landes Nordrheinwestfalen. Between 2002 and 2006, Reisch worked on a body of work titled "landscapes". His second group of works, "new landscapes", were created from 2007 to 2010, after he received a scholarship from Stiftung Kunstfonds in Bonn.[8] Since 2010 Reisch has combined fully digitally generated abstract works with landscape photography in his exhibitions.

Reisch's works are large-sized photographs, often highly processed by digital editing techniques.[9][10] He uses these techniques to erase civilizing signs and marks from the buildings photographed.

Solo exhibitions (extract)

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  • 2001: Räume für neue Kunst, Rolf Hengesbach, Wuppertal
  • 2005: Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Köln
  • 2006: Fotomuseum im Stadtmuseum, München
  • 2007: Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland[11]
  • 2007: Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg
  • 2007: Landesgalerie am Landesmuseum Oberösterreich, Linz, Österreich
  • 2008: Kunsthalle Erfurt
  • 2010: Galerie Hengesbach, Berlin
  • 2011: Bischoff/Weiss Gallery, London, GB
  • 2012: Peter Lav Gallery, Kopenhagen, Denmark

Group exhibitions (extract)

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  • 1996: … wie gemalt, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein
  • 2002: Zwischen Konstruktion und Wirklichkeit, Landschaft in der zeitgenössischen deutschen Fotografie, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen
  • 2003: Modellierte Wirklichkeiten, Landesgalerie am Landesmuseum Oberösterreich Linz, Österreich
  • 2004: Gezähmte Natur, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen, Cottbus
  • 2008: Architecture-Biennale Venice, Italien, with brandlhuber+
  • 2009: Landscape, contemporary, Dr. Robert-Gerlich-Museum, Burghausen
  • 2010: Realismus – Das Abenteuer der Wirklichkeit, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany; Kunsthalle Emden; Kunsthal Rotterdam, Niederlande
  • 2011: Alpenlandschaft-Sehnsuchtsort und Bühne, Residenzgalerie, Salzburg, Österreich
  • 2011: Section "Romantic Camera", Permanent Collection, National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 2011: Shifting Realities, Scheublein Fine Art, Zürich, Schweiz
  • 2012: Unbestimmtheitstellen, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg
  • 2013: Romantic Camera, Edinburgh[3]

Publications (extract)

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  • 2006: Michael Reisch, monograph, 124 pages, Hatje Cantz Publishers, Ostfildern, Germany, ISBN 3-7757-1848-6, ISBN 978-3-7757-1848-6
  • 2010: New Landscapes, monograph, 100 pages, Hatje Cantz Publishers, Ostfildern, Germany, ISBN 978-3-7757-2635-1
  • 2013: Selected Works, monograph, 96 pages, Kerber Publishers, Bielefeld, Germany, ISBN 978-3-86678-903-6

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