Ever since his studies with Joseph Beuys and Erwin Heerich, since his first exhibitions \u2013 for instance at \u2018Kippenberger\u2019s Office\u2019 in 1979 \u2013 Meuser (b. Essen 1947, lives and works in Karlsruhe) has been a solitaire. His sculptures are unyielding and unruly, just as much as they are vulnerable and tender. They are witty and heart-touchingly charming.<\/p>\n
Meuser finds his material in the scrapyard. Confidently and empathically, he reinstates form and dignity to the remnants and vestiges of industrial society. As a romantic, he grants things a life of their own and turns them into self-reliant protagonists, once more. Unwaveringly, he works to re-poetize a standardized and maltreated world.<\/p>\n
The lavishly designed monograph is published on the occasion of Meuser\u2019s 75th birthday, presenting works and exhibitions from the past ten years. Eight international authors and scholars create a dazzling mosaic and reveal how Meuser boldly holds his own in face of Duchamp, Minimalism, and Social Sculpture. An open-ended outlook.<\/p>\n
Meuser studied 1968\u20131976 at Art Academy, D\u00fcsseldorf with Joseph Beuys and Erwin Heerich. 1991 he received the ars viva award. 1992-2015 professorship at Academy of Fine Art, Karlsruhe.<\/p>\n
Since 1976, numerous institutional solo and group exhibitions and works in international collections: Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn; Deichtorhallen, Hamburg; documenta IX \/ Fridericianum, Kassel; Fundaci\u00f3 Joan Mir\u00f3, Barcelona; Joanneum, Graz; Kunsthalle D\u00fcsseldorf; Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; Museum Abteiberg, M\u00f6nchengladbach; Museum Folkwang, Essen; Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen; Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede; Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul; St\u00e4dtische Galerie, Karlsruhe; Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels; ZKM | Museum f\u00fcr Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ever since his studies with Joseph Beuys and Erwin Heerich, since his first exhibitions \u2013 for instance at \u2018Kippenberger\u2019s Office\u2019 in 1979 \u2013 Meuser (b. Essen 1947, lives and works in Karlsruhe) has been a solitaire. His sculptures are unyielding and unruly, just as much as they are vulnerable and tender. They are witty and heart-touchingly charming.<\/p>\n
Meuser finds his material in the scrapyard. Confidently and empathically, he reinstates form and dignity to the remnants and vestiges of industrial society. As a romantic, he grants things a life of their own and turns them into self-reliant protagonists, once more. Unwaveringly, he works to re-poetize a standardized and maltreated world.<\/p>\n
The lavishly designed monograph is published on the occasion of Meuser\u2019s 75th birthday, presenting works and exhibitions from the past ten years. Eight international authors and scholars create a dazzling mosaic and reveal how Meuser boldly holds his own in face of Duchamp, Minimalism, and Social Sculpture. An open-ended outlook.<\/p>\n
Meuser studied 1968\u20131976 at Art Academy, D\u00fcsseldorf with Joseph Beuys and Erwin Heerich. 1991 he received the ars viva award. 1992-2015 professorship at Academy of Fine Art, Karlsruhe.<\/p>\n
Since 1976, numerous institutional solo and group exhibitions and works in international collections: Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn; Deichtorhallen, Hamburg; documenta IX \/ Fridericianum, Kassel; Fundaci\u00f3 Joan Mir\u00f3, Barcelona; Joanneum, Graz; Kunsthalle D\u00fcsseldorf; Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; Museum Abteiberg, M\u00f6nchengladbach; Museum Folkwang, Essen; Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen; Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede; Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul; St\u00e4dtische Galerie, Karlsruhe; Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels; ZKM | Museum f\u00fcr Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19297,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2208,2217],"product_tag":[3886],"class_list":{"0":"post-20627","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-all-books","7":"product_cat-sculpture","8":"product_tag-meuser-en","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n