Events/Openings

We cordially invite you and your friends to our artist talk with professor Bernd Stiegler (University Constance). He and artist Michael Reisch are speaking about the current series 14/ of Reisch and additional about abstract photography.

The works in the 14/ series use photography to simulate representationalism and yet no longer represent a single concrete object. There is no actual referent for that which is portrayed. Likewise, the works in the series 14/ imitate the medium of photography. Although one tends to see these works as photographs, nothing is genuinely photographic about the works, other than being on photographic backing paper. Reisch’s series 8/ is logically related to these newer works: the series figuratively remains totally abstract and like 14/ concentrates on the dissipation of the genuinely photographic. We will also be showing a selection of his series 8/ in a parallel group-show Z-LAND.

Michael Reisch (*1964) lives and works in Dusseldorf. Solo exhibitions in recent years include: 2012 Peter Lav Gallery, London (UK), 2011 Bischoff/Weiss, London (UK), 2010 Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D), 2008 Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Köln (D), Kunsthalle Erfurt, 2007 National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (UK), Staedtische Galerie, Wolfsburg, Fotoforum West, Innsbruck (A), Landesgalerie Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz (A); recent group shows include: 2012 POINTS OF VIEW, Kunstverein Hildesheim (D), UNBESTIMMTHEITSSTELLEN, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg (D), 20 YEARS, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D), 2011 SHIFTING REALITIES. DAN HOLDSWORTH-MICHAEL REISCH, Scheublein Fine Arts, Zürich (CH), 2010 REALISMUS – ABENTEUER DER WIRKLICHKEIT, Kunsthalle Emden and Hypo-Kunsthalle, Munich (D) and Rotterdam (NL); 1986-91 Gerrit-Rietveld-Academie, Amsterdam, degree in photography and sculpture Fotografie (NL), 1991 Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, student of Bernd Becher, 2004 lectureship at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, 2012 guest lecturer for photography and digital media at Alanus University Bonn-Alfter; prizes and grants include: 2007 Grant Kunstfonds Bonn, 2002 Grant Foundation Art and Culture of NRW (D), 1990 Grant Fondation Cartier Paris.

Prof. Dr. Bernd Stiegler (*1964) lives and works in Constance. Since 2007 he is professor for German literature with a focus on 20th century and especially literature in interaction with other medias, e.g. photography. One of his research focus is the theory and history of photography. Many of his scholarly publications and papers are standard works regarding discussions in humanities.