René Wirths
The artist
Born in 1967 in Waldbröl, Germany, René Wirths lives and works in Berlin. Fascinated by questions of perception and representation, he produces carefully framed meticulous paintings of everyday objects on a white background. He ‘poses’ his ‘subjects’ in the natural light of his studio and then renders them precisely as he sees them, forcing the viewer into a head-on confrontation. Part conceptual, part hyperrealist, his works reveal the failings of our perception and explore the perplexity the artist feels when examining the world.
Exhibitions
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I CAN’T GET NO
January 11 - March 1, 2025
Brussels -
beatbox
October 24 - December 21, 2019
Brussels -
Jazz
Feburary 27 - April 2, 2016
Paris - Impasse Beaubourg -
La vie
March 13 - April 24, 2010
Paris - Impasse Beaubourg -
Nature morte
September 6 - November 3, 2008
Paris - Impasse Beaubourg
Biography
| Birth | Born in 1967 in Waldbröl, Germany |
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| Residency | Lives and works in Berlin, Germany |
| EDUCATION | 1987–1992 - Study of Philosophy and Politics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 1992–1998 - Study of Fine Arts, University of Arts, Berlin, Germany |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2023 | That Nothing Stays The Same, Reflex Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Always Looking For A New Balance, Gana Art Nineone, Seoul, South Korea | |
| 2022 | One Step Beyond, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany |
| 2021 | Time Is On My Side, Museum im Kleihues-Bau, Kornwestheim, Germany |
| 2020 | 2020 - the exhibition, Adria Studios, Berlin, Germany |
| 2019 | Beatbox, Galerie Templon, Brussels, Belgium Liquids, Galerie Haas, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2018 | The Substance, Galerie Miro, Prague, Czech Republic |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2024 | Archetypus 2.0, Hilbertraum, Berlin, Germany |
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| In Shadows We Bloom, Reflex Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| On Flowers, Schaufenster, Berlin, Germany | |
| UNREAL – Jeanseits der Realität, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany | |
| 2023 | Voluntary Art Liaison, Foyou Kunstraum, Berlin, Germany |
| Black, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany | |
| The Soft And The Hard, Showroom, Berlin, Germany |
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Press Release
Kunstforum International - mai 2020
René Wirths : interview
Le Quotidien de l'Art - novembre 2019
René Wirths
Le Soir - novembre 2019
"Beatbox" : un voyage visuel antre hyperréalisme et abstraction
Art Daily.org - october 2019
René Wirths presents a new collection of paintings from the Liquids series
Inferno Magazine - octobre 2019
René Wirths, beatbox
Uit in Brussel - octobre 2019
Galeries in brussel : René Wirths
Télérama - mars 2016
René Wirths - Jazz
La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot - septembre 2008
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News
René Wirths
« TIME ON MY SIDE » – SOLO SHOW
Museum in Kleihues-Bau
Stuttgarter Str. 93, Kornwestheim
From July to January 23, 2022
The exhibition “Time on my side” presents a selection of masterful works by Berlin-based artist René Wirths that shows some realistically painted patterns from the everyday life, which are larger than life, in front of a neutral white background. In his practice, René Wirths asks himself the most important question, the question of our own existence. Wirths’ work alternates between the objectivity of the things depicted and the subjectivity of the artist’s or viewer’s perception. In his reproductions, the artist does not use a photographic model or projection technique but paints the objects as he sees them in his studio.
René Wirths
OUT OF THE WORLD
KUNSTHALLE KREMS FACTORY, KREMS, AUSTRIA
From Sunday 13 July to Sunday 09 November 2014 Ever since the late 1990s, the Berlin-based artist René Wirths (b. 1967) has recurrently made one carefully chosen object the absolute center of his attention for the period of time it takes him to create its picture. His choice of motifs ranges from organic—a butterfly—to inorganic—a simple crumpled paper boat, an old sneaker—and to the metallic and shiny object of desire, a motorbike. But however strong the presence of each of these objects may seem, shown frontally or in strict profile mounted on a stretcher, larger-than-life and standing out against a white background, they still are but a means to an end, or the vehicle of a consistent analysis which, by balancing painterly potentials, generates iconic paintings. (…)
