Michael Reisch
"The ideas of the sublime and the beautiful stand on foundations so different, that it is hard, I had almost said impossible, to think of reconciling them in the same subject, without considerably lessening the effect of the one or the other upon the passions" - Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful, 1767.
In Michael Reisch's photography, what Edmund Burke deemed impossible comes into fruition. With an expert awareness of scale, he creates subjects so vast and imposing as to render the drama of the sublime, yet does so in a manner so technically and conceptually accomplished that one cannot deny the beauty of the results.
"The ideas of the sublime and the beautiful stand on foundations so different, that it is hard, I had almost said impossible, to think of reconciling them in the same subject, without considerably lessening the effect of the one or the other upon the passions" - Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful, 1767.
In Michael Reisch's photography, what Edmund Burke deemed impossible comes into fruition. With an expert awareness of scale, he creates subjects so vast and imposing as to render the drama of the sublime, yet does so in a manner so technically and conceptually accomplished that one cannot deny the beauty of the results.
Born in 1964, Aachen, Germany. Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Education
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2004 1991 1986-91 1985 |
Lecturer, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg Studio arts program with Prof. Bernd Becher, Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf Photography and sculpture program, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam Studio arts program / Kunststudium, Stadsacademie voor toegepaste, Kunsten, Maastricht |
Forthcoming exhibitions
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2013
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Solo show, Galerie Hengesbach, Berlin Solo show, BISCHOFF/WEISS, London Solo show, Scheublein Fine Art, Zürich Solo show, Kunstmuseum Kurhaus, Kleve |
Solo exhibitions
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2012 2011
2010 2009 2008
2007
2006 2005
2003
2002
2001 |
Solo show, Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen BISCHOFF/WEISS, London Galerie Hengesbach, Berlin Kunstverein Heinsberg, Heinsberg Galerie Rolf Hengensbach, Cologne Kunstvererun Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen Städtische Galerie Am Abdinghof Paderborn, Paderborn Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg Landesgalerie am Landesmuseum Oberösterrich, Linz Goethe-Institut, Riga Fotoforum West, Innsbruck Fotomuseum im Stadtmuseum, Munich Galerie Rolf Hengensbach, Cologne Architektur Galerie Berlin, Berlin - Ulrich Müller, Berlin Kunstverein Konstanz, Konstanz Raum für Kunst, Aachen BABY Gallery, Amsterdam Galerie Rolf Hengensbach, Cologne Architektur Galerie Berlin - Ulrich Müller, Berlin Alte Post, Neuss Räume für neue Kunst, Tolf Hengensbach, Wuppertal Räume für neue Kunst, Tolf Hengensbach, Wuppertal |
Group exhibitions
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2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2006 2005
2004
2003 2002 2000 1996 |
Points of View. Orte der Fotografie, Kunstverein Hildesheim with Roemer-und-Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim Unbestimmtheitsstellen, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg 20 Years, Galerie Hegensbach, Berlin Going Places: Orte der Fotografie, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Hildesheim Alpenlandschaft-Sehnsuchtsort und Bühne, Residenzgalerie, Salzburg Shifting Realities: Dan Holdsworth - Michael Reisch, Schleubin Fine Arts, Zürich Infinite Nature - Artificial Scenery, FLUSS NOE, Vienna Romantic Camera, National Portrait Gallery (Permanent Collection), Edinburgh Alpenlandschaft-Sehnsuchtsort und Bühne, Residenzgalerie, Salzburg Shifting Realities, Scheublein Fine Art, Zürich Infinite Nature - Artifical Scenery, "Fluss", NÖI für Foto-ung Medienkunst, Wolkersdorf Realismus - Das Abenteuer der Wirklichkeit, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstifung, Munich; Kunsthalle Emdem; Kunsthal Rotterdam Projektion-Illusion, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg Elders/Elsewhere-Project, Sint-Michielsgesteel Fototage Paderborn, Paderborn Landscape, contemporary, Dr. RObert-Gerlick-Museum, Burghausen Sammlung XXL, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg Architecture-Biennale Venice, with b&k+branlhuber Stille Landschaft, Städtische Galerie Lündenscheidt, Lündenscheidt Freeze, Kunstverein Rügen, Rügen Kuckkucksei, Studio A Ottendorf, Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Landkreis Cuxhaven Raumflucht, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Dortmund Gezahmte Natur, Brandenburgische Kunstammlungen, Cottbus Kunstraum, Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg Modellierte Wirklichkeiten, Landesgalerie am Landesmuseum Oberösterrich Linz, Linz Zwischen Konstruktion und Wirklichkeith, Landschaft in der zeitgenössischen deutschen Fotografie, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen Klein schöner Land, Kutlur und Medienzentrum Adlershof, KMZA, Berlin ... wie gemalt, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen |
Publications
| 2006 |
Michael Reisch, monograph/monographie, Hatje Cantz Publishers, Ostfildern, Germany, ISBN-10: 3-7757-1848-6, ISBN-13: 978-3-7757-1848-6 |
| 2010 |
New Landscapes, monograph/monographie, Hatje Cantz Publishers, Ostfildern, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-7757-2635-1 |
Prizes and Grants
| 2007 |
Grant, Kunstfonds Bonn |
| 2002 |
Grant, Stiftung Kunst und Kultur des Landes NRW |
| 2001 |
Förderkoje Art Cologne, Galerie Räume für neue Kunst, Rolf Hengesbach |
| 1990 |
Artist in Residence, Fondation Cartier, Paris |
| 1989 |
Prix Cartier Hollandais, for photography |
Collections
LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
EON AG, Germany
West-LB, Germany
UBS, Switzerland
REHA Suisse, Switzerland
Collection Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg, Germany
Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg Collection, Germany
Swedish County CouncilCollection , Sweden