breaking the waves Arts Detail

rinesch alex

vienna 1955

ALEX RINESCH (*1955 in Vienna) Alex assembles and puts together in his latest series “DREAMT HORIZONS” oil paintings, mixed media and watercolor with various objects found on abandoned beaches. Wooden flotsam and rusty pieces collected from wrecked decaying ships and he invites us to join him on his voyage, navigating beyond the barriers of our imagination. Today the madness/insanity of the world is the barrier – the wall – everything that hinders connection between humans: This very aspiration - to interact, to unite, to relate with each other – constitutes the dreamed horizon by Alex Rinesch. A particular artist whose little boats full of poetry represent peoples’ curiosity, which drives them to explore and to naviagte beyond the horizon. The desire to travel to the beyond, following imagination and intuition towards unknown worlds – towards that very “dreamt horizon” is intensively reflected in his works, which conquer and fascinate us as much as these depictions: The first titled “dreamt horizon” (papyrus, watercolor and incision on plexiglass) and the second with the title “Four Moments” unusual in the usage of metal combined with color on celluloid. They are vivid creations with intense color nuances that not only carry us off to the sea, but that are also able to stimulate our own reflection on problems of great actuality such as walls – constructions that divide instead of unite. After projects of great interest like “coastline connected” - where the coastline is regarded as an element of union not separation – intense research leads the artist towards these works. Works that inspire us for the beyond, which we often perceive as unreachable, unexplored, foreign, strange, diverse – almost as a metaphor of the human limit, of the obstacle to interpersonal relationships, of all the barriers that we could encounter in the course of our lives, the prejudices that we build around us. We cannot not think about the poem of a grand poet – Eugene Montale, Nobel Price for literature, in which the wish to go beyond the appearances is always present. The search continues with an opening towards the essence of things and towards the trust in a miracle that allows us to unveil the truth. In “Ossi di Sepia” (1925; cuttlefish bones) the wall acts as a negative symbol for a state of closure, oppression and imprisonment, whereas the poet seeks those symbols that may allude to the possibility of evasion, escape and liberty – just like the opening. (Text: Dr. Serena Baccaglini) Alex started as backstage artist, doing theater plastic, stage design and paintings, working for several years with André Heller, and Hundertwasser. He illustrated books for the Burgtheater/Vienna, Jerôme Savary, Picus Verlag, ORF and Hachette. As cartoonist he developed his own characters: “Freecheese&Company” has been published worldwide on artprints, posters, cards and books with Verkerke, Hallmark, Mondadori and Biembi until 1999. “ from 2001 with Goebel and Fürhapter. Inspired by the splendid colors of the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the global pollution of our oceans his first paintings of the sea from 2007 on were resulting in his installation project “Coastline Connected”. (2011-2016 - Prag, Vienna, Portoferraio, Lugano). Big format coast paintings (oil/canvas) “connected” to a 35m long coastline, installed over a real beach, of sand, gravel, driftwood polluted by plastic flotsam. 2017-2020 latest Exhibitions (“NAVE DI CARTA” , “FORZA 5”, “DREAMT HORIZONS ”, “FIRST SELECTION”) Alex works in Vienna and Italy/Elba island.

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Title

BREAKING THE WAVES

Price

€ 7,000.00

ArtID 12,727.27

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Dimensions

100 (H) x 260 (W) 9 (z) cm

Year

2020

Technique

GOUACHE ON PAPER,COLLAGE, PAPER MIXED MEDIA, WOOD,LED ILLUMINATION

TODA DIVISION HAS BECOME A NEW IDIOM. BORDES, WALLS, SEPARATION, DIVIDED HOSTILE GROUPS IN POPULATION, SEPARATION FROM CANTAMITATION THRROUG PROTECTION, MASKS, BARRIERS. TOGETHER WITH THIS REDUCTIPON INTO CLOSED CIRCLES. ALL THE CONTRARY OF HAVING AN OPEN MIND. THIS PAINTING I HAVE DONE , BEING ISPIRED BY ALL THIS. ACRILIC PANT AND GOUACHE ON CARDBOARD. HORIZONTAL LINES, SIMBOLIEZING WIDENESS, APPRUPTLY SPLIT AND DESTROYED BI A VIOLENT CRACK THROUG ALL THIS PEACFUL LANDSCAPE. BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT SOME PIECES OF WOOD(COLLECTED FROM ONE OF MY NEARBY COASTAL SHORES), FLOATING IN THE MITTLE CAOS TO GIVE HOPE FOR A FUTUR COMMUNICATION BETWEN THE TWO SPLIT WORLDS. THWE PAINTING IS A BIG FORMAT PAPERCARDBOARD GOUACHE IN ACRILIC COLORS, SEPI AND CHINA INL. MOUNTED ON A WHITE PAPER IN DISTANCE. THER IS A LED ILLUMINATION UNDER IT, GIVING LIGHT TO THE "CUT" DIVIDING ONE WORLD INTO TWO. IT CAN BE SWITCHED ON AND OF. 220V 100V CABLE CONNECTION.