Anselm Reyle

About the artist

Anselm Reyle (b. 1970 in Tübingen, Germany) lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Reyle is a contemporary German artist recognized for his distinctive use of vibrant colours, reflective materials and abstract forms. He is known for his interest in experimenting with a wide range of techniques, employing traditional media alongside industrial scraps, colored foils, found neons, automotive lacquer, and nonetheless items from our every day’s life in the form of objet-trouvés. By removing these materials from their original context and altering their once-defined function, Reyle masters the vocabulary and formulas of appropriation to create immersive installations, sculptures and paintings. In the spontaneity of its language, the work of Reyle challenges the primarily sublime ideal of abstraction, as addressed by the modes of modernism, by drifting in direction of a seemingly provocative orientation towards what is generally regarded as kitsch.

His work has been widely covered by international media including Frieze, Art in America, Artforum, New York Times and Flash Art.

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