Rita Grosse-Ruyken
Rita Maria Walburga Grosse-Ruyken (born 29 November 1948) is a contemporary German artist,[1][2] sculptor, multimedia installation art, artfilm and performance,[3] producer artist and member of the Association of German Artists Deutscher Kuenstlerbund. The core of her light – sound – space – form installations comprise sculptures in motion made from pure gold and silver. She became internationally known through her exhibition Rays of Light.[1]
Career
Rita Maria Walburga Grosse-Ruyken was born in Donauwörth, and grew up in a hamlet in the Swabian-Danube region.[1] From an early age she became aware of natural phenomena and followed phonetic sound bridges. After Abitur, from 1970 to 1972, she studied Romance and English Language and Literature at the LMU in Munich.[4]
From 1971 to 1977 she studied free art (diploma) and art education (state examination and master degree) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and dedicated herself to the art of the goldsmith under the guidance of Professor Franz Rickert und Hermann Juenger. She was also influenced by Professor Guenther Fruhtrunk, a constructivist painter as well as by the religious philosopher Aloys Goergen, the president of the Academy.[5] From 1977 to 1978 she studied art history and archeology at the University of the Sorbonne in Paris.[4][6][7][8][9]
From 1983 on she has worked freelance dedicating herself to researching the transparency, colour, light and movement of sculptures.[10] Since 1993, in her continual exchange with astrophysicists, musicians, philosophers, writers, sound technicians and architects,[1] she has been expanding her activities into the performance art[11] and into exploring of Primary Sounds produced by integrated sculptures made from pure gold and pure silver which create motion in and by themselves. Since 2008 she has been involved in the production of art films.[10]
Samples of her work are included in the permanent collections of the International Design Museum, the Pinakothek der Moderne[12][13] in Munich as well as the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin[14] and Museum Angewandte Kunst, MAK Frankfurt a. M.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1981: The Prelude to the Round Dance – the Body as Vessel, With a Crown. Light-Form-Installation. Gallery Kröner, Castle Oberrimsingen[15]
- 1985–2005: Installation SONNENDUNST – Zyklus I, Landakademie Rattenbach[16]
- 1993: L'ESPRIT DE DIEU PLANAIT À LA SURFACE DES EAUX, The German contribution to the European City of Culture Antwerp[17]
- 1994: L`ESPRIT DE DIEU PLANAIT SUR LES EAUX, Light-Form-Space-Installation. Die Neue Sammlung, International Design Museum, Munich[18][19][4]
- 2003: IM GERICHTSSTAND. Licht-Klang-Form-Raum-Installationen. Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt a.M.[20]
- 2004: DURCHFLUTUNG/RAYS OF LIGHT, Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York City & Goethe Institut, New York City[21]
- 2009: RAYS OF LIGHT – Rita Grosse-Ruyken, Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt[1][10][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
- 2015: DURCHFLUTUNG AND THE WHITE STONE, ArtCOP21 Agenda culturel Paris Climat 2015[29]
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 1979: Goldschmiede dieser Zeit. Körper – Schmuck – Zeichen – Raum, Kestnergesellschaft[30]
- 1979: Körper – Zeichen, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München[31]
- 1981: Körper, Schmuck, Zeichen, Raum. Goldschmiedearbeiten, Museum of Design, Zürich[32]
- 1984: Kirche heute. Architektur und Gerät. Süddeutscher Raum, Die Neue Sammlung, München[33]
- 1993: Münchner Goldschmiede. Schmuck und Gerät der Gegenwart, Münchner Stadtmuseum, München[34]
- 2004: Welt in Tropfen, (Urania, Berlin)[35]
- 2007: Gulf Art Fair, Dubai (Galerie Thomas, München)[36]
- 2009: Herbert Hoffmann Award 1973–2008, München[37]
- 2011: Ausstellung Pinakothek München[38]
- 2011: Modern Contemporary Art, Salwa Zeidan Gallery,[39] Abu Dhabi Art[40]
- 2012: Im Zeichen der Ewigkeit. Positionen zeitgenössischer Kunst, Neues Museum Kloster Schussenried[10][41][42]
- 2012: Quinta Essentia, Deutscher Künstlerbund Berlin[43]
- 2013: intimate, Frameless Gallery London[44]
Exhibition catalogue
Awards
Art films
- 2013: RAYS OF LIGHT, about the 2009 exhibition with the same name[49][50][51]
- 2006-2018: DURCHFLUTUNG UND DER WEISSE STEIN: a film with 12 chapters (length: 17,5 hours) [49][51][52]
- 2018: DER EWIGE QUELL, about the coming "Museum of Visionary Art" in Triftern[53]
External links
- Website of Rita Grosse-Ruyken
- RAYS OF LIGHT by Rita Grosse-Ruyken, Film on YouTube
- Excerpts of DURCHFLUTUNG and THE WHITE STONE, Video on Vimeo
- Le Souffle de Dieu planait à la Surface des Eaux – Performance in Antwerpen 1993, Video on Vimeo
- The Birth of The Golden DURCHFLUTUNG II / Die Geburt von DURCHFLUTUNG II, Video on Vimeo
- Directory of Association of German Artists Deutscher Künstlerbund (see letter G: Große-Ruyken, Rita M. W.)
References
- NY TIMES
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- The World in a Drop – The Ability of Water Functioning as Memory and Mirror
- Grosse-Ruyken, Rita (2009). Transformationen – rays of light. Frankfurt a.M.: Sabine Runde, Museum für Angewandte Kunst. ISBN 978-3-88270-110-4.
- FESTSCHRIFT ALOYS GOERGEN
- eMuseum – Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
- hammer and metal: The New Jewelry: Trends and Traditions
- Bauer, Helmut (Hrsg.): Münchner Goldschmiede. Schmuck und Gerät der Gegenwart. 914110 München: Klinkhardt und Biermann, im Angebot bei Buchfreund.de
- 東京国立近代美術館 本館・工芸館企画展出品作家総索引(和・欧)検索システム
- "Deutscher Künstlerbund e.V. – Vidoearchiv".
- weltimtropfen.de
- Hufnagl, Florian (1996). Einblicke – Ausblicke. Für ein Museum von morgen. Die Neue Sammlung. Staatliches Museum für angewandte Kunst. Arnoldsche. pp. 226. ISBN 9783925369582.
- WICHMANN (18 December 2013). Die Realisation eines neuen Museumstyps: Die Neue Sammlung Bilanz 1980/90 (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783034861250.
- Form ohne Ornament? Angewandte Kunst zwischen Zweckform und Objekt (Das Zwanzigste Jahrhundert - Ein Jahrhundert Kunst in Deutschland), Verlag Nicolai, Berlin 1999, ISBN 978-3-87584-875-5, S. 47
- "[Cat.] Befüllt – entleert. Das Symbol des Gefässes in der Kunst der Moderne. Gallerie der Stiftung S BC – pro arte. Biberach, Riss 2006, ill. pp. 10, 42–45. --- The Symbol of the Vessel in Modern Art. Gallery of the Foundation S BC – pro arte. Biberach, Riss 2006, ill. pp. 10, 42–45". www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- Piel, Mäander Verlag Buch Kunst Falkenberg. "FESTSCHRIFT ALOYS GOERGEN Zeit und Stunde Herausgegeben Hermann Kern, Friedrich Piel Hans Wichmann". www.maeander-buch-kunst.eu. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- A Sparkling Party. Contemporary European Silverwork (Catalogue). Bussels: Vlaams Instituut voor het Zelfstandig Ondernemen (VIZO), Dienst Kunstansbacht. Provinciaal Veiligheidsinstituut Antwerpen. 1993. p. 56.
- initiative Kunst - Kirche. Die Neue Sammlung, Staatliches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, München (Catalogue). Munich: Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst. pp. 4–5, 13.
- DG Künstlerlexikon. Munich: Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst. 1995. pp. 9, frontispiece, back cover.
- Preu, Nancy (2003). Corporal Identity – Body Language. 9th Triennale for Form and Content – USA and Germany. Frankfurt a. M.: Museum für Angewandte Kunst. pp. 164–165. OCLC 217219700.
- DURCHFLUTUNG/RAYS OF LIGHT
- Hierholzer, Michael (17 June 2009). "Der Gral im Augenblick seiner Enthüllung". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
- Kunst. "Gold ist nicht irdisch, Silber schon", Besprechung von Mia Beck in: Frankfurter Rundschau
- Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt
- http://www.ritagrosse-ruyken.com/images/imageruyken/presse/press_7_0815.pdf
- KULTURpur
- Galerien virtuell Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- "The power of the Hights command : DURCHFLUTUNG and THE WHITE STONE – ArtCOP21". ArtCOP21. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- Ausstellungen Kestnergesellschaft Archived 4 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- Helmut Schneider: Kunstkalender München: „Körper – Zeichen“, Die Zeit, 3. August 1979
- Körper, Schmuck, Zeichen, Raum. Goldschmiedearbeiten, 17.01.1981 – 15.03.1981, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
- WICHMANN (18 December 2013). Die Realisation eines neuen Museumstyps: Die Neue Sammlung Bilanz 1980/90 (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783034861250.
- GmbH, w+h. "Münchner Goldschmiede. Schmuck und Gerät der Gegenwart. Bauer, Helmut (Hrsg.): München: Klinkhardt und Biermann, 914110". www.buchfreund.de. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- Impressionen Welt in Tropfen
- Die Welt
- http://www.ghm-cms.de/fileadmin/www.ihm-handwerk-design.com/redaktion/content/download/besucher/2015/Schmuck_2015.pdf
- Pinakothek München Archived 9 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine (PDF; 34 kB)
- "Uncover Abu Dhabi's Premier Contemporary Art Space at the Prestigious Salwa Zeidan Gallery". 20 April 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- "Relocated and reimagined: Abu Dhabi Art Fair's emergence | The National". Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- gral.de
- Besprechung des Werkes von Rita Grosse-Ruyken Licht-Blüten-Schale auf bildimpuls.de Archived 21 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- Projekte Deutscher Künstlerbund Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- Frameless Gallery
- "Rita Grosse-Ruyken : Transformationen, Rays of Light". WorldCat. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- "Herbert Hofmann-Preis" (in Dutch).
- "Die Benvenuto Cellini-Preise".
- "Brief Bayrisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst" (PDF) (in German).
- Grosse-Ruyken, Rita. "VIDEO ART". Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- Grosse-Ruyken, Rita (26 March 2015). "RAYS OF LIGHT". Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- "Video archive of Deutscher Künstlerbund e.V." (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- "DURCHFLUTUNG und DER WEISSE STEIN". vimeo. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- Grosse-Ruyken, Rita (3 July 2018). "DER EWIGE QUELL English". YouTube. Retrieved 29 January 2019.