ANSELM REYLE
Returning
to Gesture

"My aim is to satirize the gesture of genius and to question it."
– Anselm Reyle

"My aim is to satirize the gesture
of genius and to question it."
– Anselm Reyle

In a new video interview with Anselm Reyle, filmed on the occasion of his exhibition CHAPEL OF GHOULS at KÖNIG GALERIE, the artist reflects on returning to the gestural roots of his practice in a new form. Reyle speaks about spontaneity, materiality, and the tension between expressive painting and industrial production, offering insights into the making of his recent CHROME BRUSH PAINTINGS. Moving between painting, sculpture, and object, the works transform fleeting gestures into chrome-plated forms—balancing chance, control, and constructed artificiality.

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ANSELM REYLE

Anselm Reyle (b. 1970 in Tübingen, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. He studied at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. Since 2009 the artist has held a position as a professor of Painting/Drawing at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg.

Anselm Reyle’s best-known works include his foil and stripe paintings as well as his sculptures. The characteristic of his artistic work is the use of various found objects that have been removed from their original function, altered visually, and recontextualized. Remnants of consumer society, discarded materials, symbols of urbanity, and industrial change play a centr...
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