Wikipedia's first sentence called it “german - israeli painter”. Today it says “german contemporary artist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “German-Israeli sculptor (born 1964) Talberg Museum”. It now reads “German sculptor (born 1964) Talberg Museum”.
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Ruben Talberg (born 1964 in Heidelberg ) is a German - Israeli painter , sculptor , and photographer .1He initially lived in Tel-Aviv and New York, then in Frankfurt and Offenbach. In 1986 his first solo-exhibition was presented in Heidelberg. Talberg's oeuvre deals with antagonistic positions such as Nature & Alchemy, Asymmetry & Dynamics or Eros & Thanathos. Since 1990 he is associated with the style of "Anti-Capitalist Abstraction" which he founded, and ever since 1994 with "Young Jewish Art" respectively. During the last decade he has intensified his interest for Jewish mysticism and magic. On extensive journeys he creates new serials of photography that in turn shape the base for new artwork cycles. Likewise the surfaces of his artworks contain references to aramaic letters, Voodoo , Egyptian symbols, Chinese economic numbers. 2011 the Talberg Museum was founded in Offenbach am Main. Talberg, a member of Mensa International, lives and works in Offenbach and Southern France .2
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Ruben Talberg (born 1964 in Heidelberg ) is a German - Israeli painter , sculptor , and photographer . He initially lived in Tel-Aviv and New York, then in Frankfurt and Offenbach. In 1986 his first solo-exhibition was presented in Heidelberg. Talberg's oeuvre deals with antagonistic positions such as Nature & Alchemy, Asymmetry & Dynamics or Eros & Thanathos. Since 1990 he is associated with the style of "Anti-Capitalist Abstraction" which he founded, and ever since 1994 with "Young Jewish Art" respectively. During the last decade he has intensified his interest for Jewish mysticism and magic. On extensive journeys he creates new serials of photography that in turn shape the base for new artwork cycles. Likewise the surfaces of his artworks contain references to aramaic letters, Voodoo , Egyptian symbols, Chinese economic numbers. Talberg, a member of Mensa International, lives and works in Offenbach and Southern France .
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Talberg Museum Ruben Cornelis Talberg (born 24 August 1964, in Heidelberg ) is a German - Israeli painter and sculptor .Before Talberg turned 30, he invented ARTE ALCHEMICA.In painting he inverts the canvasses according to the ancient alchemic principle of "conversio oppositorum".In sculpture he deals with high reliefs, his 'Manifolds'.
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Talberg is known for his Neo-Fluxus Manifolds, which go back to his vision in Bellagio, Italy in the early 1980s.Manifolds are executed either as relief or free-standing sculpture.
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Talberg is known for his Neo-Fluxus Manifolds, which go back to his vision in Bellagio, Italy in the early 1980s. Manifolds are executed either as relief or free-standing sculpture.
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