Ariel Reichman

The artist Ariel Reichman (*1979), who comes from an orthodox Jewish family, explores his own biography, memories, personal thoughts and feelings through his artistic work.

Ariel Reichman’s interdisciplinary works are based on the concepts of empathy and human vulnerability. As part of the exhibition series Gegenwärtig. Contemporary Artists Encounter Felix Nussbaum, Reichman takes Felix Nussbaum’s work as a starting point for discussing contemporary society and reflecting on it in the mirror of the past.

In addition to metal sculptures that have been newly forged from molten Nazi metal memorabilia, the exhibition presents photographs of small paper and wax flowers that were given as rewards in the form of insignia in the Nazi era. Behind these seemingly harmless collector’s items lay a calculated and influential system of Nazi economic policy and strategy. In the process of remodelling and transformation, Reichman today asks the question of whether history can be overcome. What remains of things, architecture or even the way we reflect upon the past?

The artist Ariel Reichman (*1979), who comes from an orthodox Jewish family, explores his own biography, memories, personal thoughts and feelings through his artistic work.

Ariel Reichman’s interdisciplinary works are based on the concepts of empathy and human vulnerability. As part of the exhibition series Gegenwärtig. Contemporary Artists Encounter Felix Nussbaum, Reichman takes Felix Nussbaum’s work as a starting point for discussing contemporary society and reflecting on it in the mirror of the past.

In addition to metal sculptures that have been newly forged from molten Nazi metal memorabilia, the exhibition presents photographs of small paper and wax flowers that were given as rewards in the form of insignia in the Nazi era. Behind these seemingly harmless collector’s items lay a calculated and influential system of Nazi economic policy and strategy. In the process of remodelling and transformation, Reichman today asks the question of whether history can be overcome. What remains of things, architecture or even the way we reflect upon the past?