Klaus Rinke: Extra Time

Steeped in minimal conceptual principles, Klaus Rinke has created performance art, photography, drawing and large scale installations that explore the visual, sculptural and physical aspects of time and space.

The iconography in his work — the human form, clocks and even water which he calls “a material to sculpt”— represents the order, disruption, transformation and inevitable passage of our lives.

In another departure from traditional expression, Rinke's “sculptural paintings” challenge the imaginary and illusory qualities of painting while examining the real and tangible nature of sculpture.

“To produce sculptural paintings you need another scale, another texture. No depth, no illusion: the thing is simply there. Painting is always about making present an imaginary world. In contrast, the interesting thing about sculpture is that it really lives. That it is different every time – in the morning, at midday, in the evening and even at night.”

During his thirty-year teaching tenure at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Rinke worked closely with his lifelong friend, mentor and colleague Joseph Beuys, considered to be one of the most influential albeit controversial artists of the twentieth century.

Rinke's 40 year exhibition history includes a long list of solo and group shows in important venues around the world; such as:
Documenta 5 in Kassel (1972);
Solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (1973);
Documenta 6 at Kassel (1977);
3rd Sydney Biennial (1979);
“L'instrumentarium de Klaus Rinke” Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1985);
“The Field of Time” a monumental sculpture of 24 synchronized railway clocks erected in a public park in Düsseldorf (1987);
“RETRO-AKTIV 1954-1991” retrospective at the Düsseldorf Kunsthalle (1991);
“Gedacht-Gemacht” solo show at the von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany (2004);
Drawings from 1957-1982 at Musée des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France (2005)

Bentley Gallery is proud to present the first exhibition of works by Klaus Rinke in Arizona.

High resolution images and interviews with the artist are available by request.

Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, Bentley Gallery specializes in painting, sculpture, photography, prints and video, as well as installation and site-specific works by internationally recognized contemporary American, Latin American and European artists, as well as works by Modern Masters.