Anselm Reyle

Anselm Reyle (b. 1970, Tübingen, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. He studied at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. Since 2009, he has been 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. Characteristic of his artistic practice is the use of found objects that are removed from their original function, visually transformed and recontextualised. Remnants of consumer society, discarded materials, and symbols of urbanity and industrial change play a central role in his oeuvre.