Rainer Ganahl

Rainer Ganahl (born 1961) is an Austrian born, New York based artist. His work consists of photographs, videos and performances.

Life

From 1986 until 1991, he studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Peter Weibel) and the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Nam June Paik). He was a member of the 1990/91 Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in New York. He teaches at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart.

Work

His best known work, "S/L (Seminars/Lectures)", is an ongoing series of photographs, begun in 1995, of well-known cultural critics addressing audiences. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_6_41/ai_98123161 "Rainer Ganahl: Base - Reviews: Florence"] . "ArtForum", Feb 2003.] The photographs, taken in university class rooms and lecture halls, not only show the lecturer but also the listeners and students in the audience. In a similar way, he documented his own process of learning an “exotic” language (e. g., Basic Japanese) into an art project. In his Imported-Reading Seminars held from 1995 onward, the group study of theoretical works from specific countries were documented on video.

Rainer Ganahl represented Austria at the 1999 Venice Biennale. [ [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/05/11/wallach.html columbia.edu] ]

Works by and on Rainer Ganahl

* Rainer Ganahl: Use a bicycle, Rainer Ganahl, Der Lehrling in der Sonne. The Apprentice in the Sun, L'apprenti dans le soleil, 2007. Revolver Verlag, Frankfurt, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart. ISBN 978-3-86588-386-5
* Rainer Ganahl: MONEY AND DREAMS: COUNTING THE LAST DAYS OF THE SIGMUND FREUD BANKNOTE. Putnam, CT: Spring Publications, 2005. ISBN 0-88214-565-7
* Rainer Ganahl, Road to War, 2005 - 240 pages. Published by MUMOK (Museum of Modern Art Vienna), and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne. ISBN 3-88375-959-7
* William Kaizen, "Please, teach me" - Rainer Ganahl and the Politics of Learning, 2005
* Rainer Ganahl, NEXT TARGET - Versteinerte Politik / Petrified Politics, 2004. Published by GAK (Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen), and Revolver, Frankfurt. ISBN 3-86588-039-8
* Rainer Ganahl, lueneburger-heide-sprechen, revolver, Frankfurt 2003. ISBN 3-934823-56-4
* Rainer Ganahl, Reading Karl Marx, Book Works, London, 2001. ISBN 1-87069957-2
* Rainer Ganahl (ed), IMPORTED - A Reading Seminar, Semiotext(e), New York 1998. ISBN 1-57027-076-7

References

External links

* [http://www.ganahl.info Official web site]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_5_93/ai_n13717475 "Art in America" review]