Natural materials in a composed interplay of space and light
Since the 1990s, Reiner Seliger has been using bricks, marble and glass, which he layers to form architectural structures such as towers, spindles or cone-like sculptures. Since around 2003, he has been working with chalk as a visual art medium: individual pieces of chalk of different lengths and widths, cut or broken, are distributed on the picture support, thus creating spatial depth. They are arranged close together as a mosaic or in a row, creating a play of light and shadow on the uneven surface depending on the incidence of light.
“I try to create a different world to the one we see every day in the form of powerful images and shapes. This is a very poetic process that is difficult to describe in words,” explains Reiner Seliger in an interview. “I take everyday materials and use them to create a different world from the everyday.”
Reiner Seliger – represented in renowned collections and public spaces
Reiner Seliger’s works are represented in top-class collections such as Marli Hoppe-Ritter, Waldenbuch, Biedermann, Donaueschingen, Rittershaus, Mannheim and Merkle, Ulm. Since 2000, he has realized numerous art projects in public spaces, including at the Landesgartenschau in Kaiserslautern and the Bundesgartenschau in Magdeburg, in Luisenpark Mannheim, at the University of Niccosia, Cyprus and at the GGN Foundation in Zurich, Switzerland.
Exhibitions and art fairs
2023:
– #OrangeTheWorld, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
– 10 years – Anniversary exhibition, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
– Between the dimensions, Gallery Linde Hollinger, Ladenburg, Germany
– Zero 23, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
– LA MOSTRA, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
2022:
– Young collectors’ choice 22, Gallery Geiger, Constance, Germany
– #OrangeTheWorld, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
– Fall exhibition, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
– Summer exhibition, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
– The abstract landscape, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
– Accrochage, Gallery Fetzer, Sontheim an der Brenz, Germany
– Winter exhibition, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
– Art Karlsruhe, Gallery Linde Hollinger, Karlsruhe, Germany
2021:
– ORANGE DAYS – Zonta says no, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
– Lost Found, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
– Castello, Gallery Fetzer, Sontheim an der Brenz, Germany
– Highlights from 5 decades of gallery work, Gallery Schrade, Mochental, Germany
– All time classics, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
– Summertime, Gallery Fetzer, Sontheim an der Brenz, Germany
– Positions of Concrete Art, Gallery Schlichtenmaier, Dätzingen, Germany
– Departure into the 2020s, Gallery Schlichtenmaier, Dätzingen, Germany
– Spring exhibition, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
– Cologne Fine Art & Design, Cologne, Germany
2020:
– Brave my heart, Gallery Rother, Wiesbaden, Germany
– Night whispers of the towers, Skulpturenpark Eschborn, Eschborn, Germany
2019:
– ALLESINALLEM, Gallery Borchardt, Hamburg, Germany
– Structures!, Gallery Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
– Whats up ?!, Gallery Schlichtenmaier, Dätzingen, Germany
– Cologne Fine Art & Design, Cologne, Germany
– Art Karlsruhe, Gallery Geiger, Karlsruhe, Germany
2018:
– Young collectors’ choice 18, Gallery Geiger, Constance, Germany
– Gallery Mariette Haas, Ingolstadt, Germany
– Two, Gallery Linde Hollinger, Ladenburg, Germany
2016:
– Young collectors’ choice 16, Gallery Geiger, Constance, Germany
– Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
– Ulf Larsson Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2015:
– Young collectors’ choice 15, Gallery Geiger, Konstanz, Germany
– Gallery Borchardt, Hamburg, Germany
– Gallery Conny Dietzschold, Sydney, Australia
– Gallery at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
– Art Fair Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2014:
– Gallery Schrade, Karslruhe, Germany
– Gallery P13, Heidelberg, Germany
– Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2013:
–Gallery Schrade, Mochental, Germany
– Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
– Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
– Art Paris, Paris, France
2012:
– Gallery La Ligne, Zurich, Switzerland
– Playing with pictorial means, Gallery Linde Hollinger, Ladenburg, Germany
2011:
– Gallery P13, Heidelberg, Germany
2010:
– Gallery Münsterland, Emsdetten, Germany
– Gallery Hoffmann, Friedberg, Germany
Works in public space
– Sculpture Park Eschborn, Germany
– State Building Authority Radolfzell, Germany
– Seprais Sculpture Park, Délemont, Switzerland
– Lörrach City Library, Germany
– Sculpture Park Mechernich, Germany
– Federal Garden Show Magdeburg, Germany
– State Garden Show Baden-Württemberg, Weil am Rhein, Germany
– Sculpture Park Elbtal, Germany
– State Garden Show Rhineland-Palatinate, Kaiserslautern, Germany
– Sculpture Park Binnenheide, Kevelaer, Germany
– Blickachsen 3, Bad Homburg, Germany
– Luisenpark, Mannheim, Germany
– Eskesehir University, Turkey
– Kunstverein Mannheim, Germany
– Sculpture Park Herne, Germany
– Sculpture Park Eschborn, Germany
– Sculpture Park Heidelberg, Germany
Collections
– Ricardo Gelael Collection, Jakarta, Indonesia
– Private Collection W. Nickl, Eindhoven, Netherlands
– Marli Hoppe-Ritter Collection, Waldenbuch, Germany
– Biedermann Collection, MUSEUM ART.PLUS, Donaueschingen, Germany
– Heinrich Vetter Foundation Collection, Mannheim, Germany
– Rittershaus Collection, Mannheim, Germany
– Gertraud Hurrle Collection, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
– Christa Dicke Collection, Ennepetal, Germany
– Patsch-Blum Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
– Merkle Collection, Ulm, Germany
– Collection Museum for Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, Germany
Prizes and awards
2000:
– Art Prize of the City of Bühl and for artistic photography, Bühl, Germany
1994:
– Art Prize “Hohes Haus” (sculpture), Constance, Germany
The poetry of structures in award-winning works
Reiner Seliger was born in Löwenberg, Silesia, in 1943. In 1952, the family moved to Düsseldorf, where he lived until 1970. From 1964 to 1969, he studied industrial design at the Essen University of Applied Sciences and took part in the EXPO ’67 world exhibition in Montreal, Canada, in 1967.
In 1969, Reiner Seliger was nominated for the Folkwang Prize Essen; in 1994, he won the ‘Hohes Haus’ art prize in Constance; and in 2000, he was awarded the art prize of the city of Bühl.
Reiner Seliger currently lives and works in Freiburg and Castello di Montefioralle, Italy.
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