Reinhard Buch
Reinhard Buch was born in Erfurt (Germany) in 1954, then grew up in Warnemünde, on the Baltic coast. From 1975 until 1981, he studied sculpture at the Weissensee Academy of Art (Berlin), then at the Budapest Academy of Arts. In 1981, he started working as an independent sculptor in Hirschburg, where he built a large atelier in 1998 and started the Black Box Galerie in 2013. Between 1985 and 2004, Reinhard Buch took on several teaching assignments: at the School for Applied Arts in Heiligendamm, the Weissensee Academy of Art and the Ernst Moritz Arndt University (Greifswald). He made study trips to Italy, France, Greece, Chile and Argentina. Since 1991, he has exhibited both nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions. He was awarded a.o. the Gustav Weidanz Prize for Sculpture from the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design (Halle) and was successful in a number of competitions at regional and national level. Many of if his works are now in the public space.
“Reinhard Buch’s artistic attitude includes a tendency towards technical engineering perfection. For him, technical perfection is at least a prerequisite for sensuous inspiration.” (Jens Semrau)
Exhibition:
Illustration: Flying Dog (2014), from the series The Transformation of the Chinese Dog, bronze, 18 x 29 x 15 cm
Works available:
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Flying Dog (2014), from the series The Transformation of the Chinese Dog
bronze, 18 x 29 x 15 cm (pedestal: brass - 124 x 30 x 30 cm)
edition of 7
edition of 7
Rubber Animals (2001)
polyurethane rubber, 30 x 14,5 x 10-14 cm (base: zinc plate)
edition of 7
edition of 7