Klaus Rinke
*1939
Biography
After training as a poster painter Klaus Rinke (born 1939) studied painting at the Folkwangschule in Essen. He gave up painting in 1967 and turned instead to performance and conceptual art; some of his works were based on water as an element. He began to document his ephemeral actions with photography. Around 1970 the photographic works, based on actions exploring relationships of body movement and gesture in time and space, evolved into artworks in their own right. Rinke participated in the exhibitions of documenta 5, 1972, and consecutively documenta 6, 1977, in Kassel, as well as in the same year in the Venice Biennial. Rinke was a professor of sculpture at the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie from 1974 to 2004 when he received a grant from the Getty Foundation in Los Angeles.
Exhibitions
Press
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Berliner Zeitung: Der Wasserwerker
Jun 02, 2022
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Der Tagesspiegel: Lauf der Zeit | Course of Time
May 14, 2022
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Süddeutsche Zeitung: Die Beflügelung der Currywurst
Apr 30, 2022
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Mahlstrom der Bilder
Nov 11, 2017
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Le Figaro: Paris Photo, l'aboratoire d'images
Nov 10, 2017
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Ein frischer Wind weht in Halle 1
Aug 17, 2017
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Die Welt: Sich selbst genug
Jun 17, 2017
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artnet: Great Art Isn't Alsways What It Seems
Jun 16, 2017
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Financial Times: Blast from the Past
Jun 10, 2017
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Berliner Morgenpost: Putting the Body to Use
Feb 21, 2017
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Die Kunstwacht am Atlantik
Dec 03, 2016
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Kunst in ihrer besten Art
Jun 15, 1996
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Welt am Sonntag: Baden im Bildermeer
Jun 09, 1996