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Ulrich Rückriem

Ulrich Rückriem, Columna (1968 / 2019), Anroechte dolomite, 100 x 50 x 50 cm.

Ulrich Rückriem, Relieve bajo (1981 / 2019), Porto slate, 6 x 120 x 80 cm.

Ulrich Rückriem, Hierro (1969 / 2019), iron reinforcing bars, 70 x 240 x 70 cm.

Ulrich Rückriem, Madera (1975 / 2019), four wooden beams, 16 x 100 x 100 cm.

Ulrich Rückriem, Hierro (1970 / 2019), wrought iron, 5 x 100 cm, diameter 5 cm.

Ulrich Rückriem, Estela (2016), Anroechte dolomite, 188 x 107 x 57 cm.

Ulrich Rückriem, El problema de la dama (2016), 8 cubes, 25 x 25 x 25 each.

Ulrich Rückriem, Serendipity (2015), Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, installation view.

Ulrich Rückriem, 40 Floor Reliefs (2009, third version), Neue National Galerie, Berlin, installation view.

Ulrich Rückriem, Column (2003), pink granite Porriño, Monteagudo, Galicia, installation view.

Ulrich Rückriem, Siglo XX (1995), CDAN, Abiego, Huesca, 20 pink granite stones, 400 x 100 x 100 cm, installation view.

Ulrich Rückriem, ohne Titel (1995), Avenue July 25, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, installation view.

Ulrich Rückriem, Untitled (1992), Finnish granite, Barcelona, installation view.

Ulrich Rückriem, Untitled (1992), Bleu de Vire granite, Convent of San Francisco, Santa Cruz de La Palma, installation view.

Ulrich Rückriem (1991), Agon-Coutainville, France, installation view.

Ulrich Rückriem, Estela y granero (1989), Crystal Palace, Retiro Park, Madrid, installation view.

Biography

Ulrich Rückriem (Düsseldorf, 1938). He lives and works in Colonia.

He has been sculpture professor between 1974 and 1984 in Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, Germany and between 1984 and 1988 in Künstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany. Since 1988 he works as a professor at Städeschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt, Germany.

He has received numerous awards in recognition of his artistic career such as, Piepenbrock Prize for Sculpture, Kulturstiftung Hartwig. Piepenbrock in 2001, Piepenbrock Prize for Sculpture, Kulturstiftung Hartwig Piepenbrock in 1998 and Arnold Bode Prize, Arnold Bode Foundation, Kassel in 1985.

He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions: ‘The Last Fifty Years, 1968/ 2019’, Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid (2019) ;‘WORKS’, Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid (2016); ‘Ulrich Rückriem’, Annely Juda Fine Art, London (2015); ‘Ulrich Rückriem’, Koenig & Clinton, New York City (2015); ‘Ulrich Rückriem. ALte Papierformate’, Teilung zum Quadrat, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren (2015); ‘Ulrich Rückriem/Böhm Chapel’, Jablonka Galerie, Cologne (2014); ‘Ulrich Rückriem- Zeichnungen’, freie Figurationen, Solinger Kunstverein, Solingen-Gräfath (2012); ‘Ulrich Rückriem Neue Arbeiten’, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren (2012); ‘Night & Day’, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany (2011); ‘Ulrich Rückriem: Sockel – Passepartout – Kleiner Kosmos’, Kunstverein Lippstadt, Lippstadt (2011); The Hedge Museum, Abadía Retuerta Le Domaine, Valladolid (2010); ’40 Bodenreliefs, 3. Variation 2009′, Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (2009); ‘Sculpture’, Casa Angela Bertolini, Vignate (2008); ‘Zeichnungen’, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover (2007); ‘Ikarus: 7 Punkte, 7 Linien, 5 Flächen’, Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2007); ‘The Shadows of the Stones’, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford (2006); ‘Ulrich Rückriem’, Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid (2006); Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design, Nürnberg (2005); Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (2005); Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2004); ‘Ulrich Rückriem im Josef Albers Museum’, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, Bottrop (2004); ‘Ulrich Rückriem’, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago (2004); Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (2003); ‘Ulrich Rückriem’, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague (2003); Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (2002); ‘Londoner Series’, Galerie Klein, Bad Münstereifel (2002); Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh (2001); Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Vilnius, Lithuania (2001); Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Center, Bury, United Kingdom (1998); Kulturzentrum Sinsteden, Rommerskirchen, Germany (1997); Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (1994); Kirkstall Abbey, organized by The Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Leeds, England Fundació Espai Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain (1993); Kunsthalle Esplanade, Ingolstadt, Germany (1992); Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (1991); ‘Ulrich Rückriem: Estela y Granero’, Palacio de Cristal, Parque del Retiro, Madrid, Spain (1989); Niederosterreichische Landesgalerie, with an installation at the Danube River, Vienna, Austria (1988); Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (1984); ‘Ulrich Rückriem: Sculptures’, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (1983); Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (1981); Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany (1979); Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany (1978); ‘Ulrich Rückriem: Sculpturen 1968-1976’, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (1977).

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His work is part of the main public and private collections such as Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Kunstmuseum Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Museum DKM, Duisburg, Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main, Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Kulturzentrum Sinsteden, Rommerskirchen, Sammlung Schroth, Soest, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Bruselas,Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona, Centro de Arte y Naturaleza – Fundación Beulas (CDAN), Huesca, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, FRAC – Bretagne, Châteaugiron, Espace de l’art concret or Mouans Sartoux, Tate Britain, Londres.