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| alt = Rainer Ganahl wearing a white print t-shirt and colourful jacket, holding what appears to be an electronic table in right hand leaning against a wall and looking directly at camera
| caption = Rainer in 2015
| birth_place = [[Bludenz]], Austria
| caption = Ganahl in 2015
| birth_place = [[Bludenz]], Austria
| movement = Romanticism
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| known_for = Manhattan Marxism
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| known_for = Manhattan Marxism
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'''Rainer Ganahl''' (born 18 October 1961 in [[Bludenz]]) is an Austrian-American conceptual artist who lives and works in New York. His work has been widely exhibited, including the [[Kunsthaus Bregenz]], Austria; The Wallach Art Gallery, [[Columbia University]], New York; the [[:de:Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst]], Bremen, Germany; and the [[48th Venice Biennale]]. He is the subject and author of several published catalogues, among them, ''Reading Karl Marx'' (London: Book Works, 2001); ''Ortsprache—Local Language'' (Kunsthaus Bregenz, 1998), and ''Rainer Ganahl: Educational Complex'' (Vienna: Generali Foundation, 1997).
'''Rainer Ganahl''' (born 18 October 1961) is an Austrian-American conceptual artist who lives and works in New York. His work has been widely exhibited, including the [[Kunsthaus Bregenz]], Austria; The Wallach Art Gallery, [[Columbia University]], New York; the Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany; and the [[48th Venice Biennale]]. He is the subject and author of several published catalogues, among them, ''Reading Karl Marx'' (London: Book Works, 2001),<ref name="Ganahl 2001 p. ">{{cite book | last=Ganahl | first=Rainer | title=Reading Karl Marx | publisher=Book Works | publication-place=London | date=2001 | isbn=978-1-870699-57-0 | page=}}</ref> ''Ortsprache—Local Language'' (Kunsthaus Bregenz, 1998),<ref>{{cite book | last=Köb | first=Edelbert | title=Local language | publisher=Kunsthaus | publication-place=Bregenz | date=1998 | isbn=978-3-85298-053-9 | language=de}}</ref> and ''Rainer Ganahl: Educational Complex'' (Vienna: Generali Foundation, 1997).<ref name="ZKM 2008 z355">{{cite web | title=Rainer Ganahl: Educational Complex — 2008-03-01 | website=ZKM | date=1 March 2008 | url=https://zkm.de/en/media/audio/rainer-ganahl-educational-complex | access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref>


==Life==
==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 of American Art#Independent study program|Whitney Museum Independent Study Program]] in [[New York City]]. He is currently a professor of visual arts at the [[State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart]].
From 1986 until 1991, Ganahl 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 of American Art#Independent study program|Whitney Museum Independent Study Program]] in [[New York City]]. He was a professor of visual arts at the [[State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart]].


==Work==
==Work==
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Ganahl started his career exploring computer based art, a pioneering field for its time. His first exhibition in this area was demonstrated at [[Philomene Magers]] in 1990.


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His best known work, ''S/L (Seminars/Lectures)'', is an ongoing series of photographs, begun in 1995, of well-known cultural critics addressing audiences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/200302/rainer-ganahl-47026 |title=Rainer Ganahl: Base - Reviews: Florence |first1= Martha |last1=Schwendener |date=February 2003 |publisher=ArtForum}}</ref> 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.
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Rainer Ganahl started his career exploring computer based art, a pioneering field for its time. His first exhibition in this area was demonstrated at [[Philomene Magers]] in 1990.


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In his Imported-Reading Seminars held from 1995 onward, the group study of theoretical works from specific countries were documented on video. His exhibition "El Mundo" at Kai Matsumiya was recently listed as one of the top exhibitions of 2014 by the New York Times,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/arts/design/23galleries-002.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=rainer%20ganahl&st=cse |title=Rainer Ganahl 'Language of Emigration and Pictures of Emigration |first1=Roberta |last1=Smith |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=23 April 2010}}</ref> and the film was subsequently acquired in the permanent collections at the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] and the [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden|Hirschorn Collection]] at the [[Smithsonian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsdesk.si.edu/photos/hirshhorn-new-acquisitions-rainer-ganahl|title=Hirshhorn New Acquisitions: Rainer Ganahl - Newsdesk|publisher=Smithsonian |date=17 March 2015 |accessdate=28 March 2016}}</ref>
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His best known work, ''S/L (Seminars/Lectures)'', is an ongoing series of photographs, begun in 1995, of well-known cultural critics addressing audiences.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_6_41/ai_98123161 ''Rainer Ganahl: Base - Reviews: Florence'']. ''ArtForum'', Feb 2003.</ref> 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.


Besides his photographic work and media art, Ganahl has been painting throughout his career, often integrating current news coverage into his pictures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ganahl.info/paintings.html|title = Rainer ganahl paintings}}</ref>
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In his Imported-Reading Seminars held from 1995 onward, the group study of theoretical works from specific countries were documented on video. His exhibition "El Mundo" at Kai Matsumiya was recently listed as one of the top exhibitions of 2014 by the New York Times.,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/arts/design/23galleries-002.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=rainer%20ganahl&st=cse |title=Rainer Ganahl 'Language of Emigration and Pictures of Emigration |first1=Roberta |last1=Smith |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=April 23, 2010}}</ref> and the film was subsequently acquired in the permanent collections at the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] and the [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden|Hirschorn Collection]] at the [[Smithsonian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsdesk.si.edu/photos/hirshhorn-new-acquisitions-rainer-ganahl|title=Hirshhorn New Acquisitions: Rainer Ganahl - Newsdesk|publisher=Smithsonian |date=March 17, 2015 |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref>


Rainer Ganahl represented Austria at the 1999 [[Venice Biennale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/05/11/wallach.html|publisher=[[Columbia University]] |date=November 4, 2005 |work=Columbia News |title=Wallach Art Gallery Features Rainer Ganahl, the Politics of Learning |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref>
Ganahl represented Austria at the 48th [[Venice Biennale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wallach.columbia.edu/exhibitions/please-teach-me-rainer-ganahl-and-politics-learning|publisher=[[Columbia University]] |date=4 November 2005 |work=Columbia News |title=Wallach Art Gallery Features Rainer Ganahl, the Politics of Learning |accessdate=28 March 2016}}</ref>

In 2013, Ganahl founded the fashion brand [[Comme des Marxists]], which merges fashion, art, and Marxist theory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://museemagazine.com/culture/culture/art-out/rainer-ganahls-comme-des-marxists-at-white-columns|title=RAINER GANAHL's "COMME DES MARXISTS" at White Columns — Musée Magazine|publisher=Musée Magazine |date=8 November 2013 |accessdate=24 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://whitecolumns.org/exhibitions/rainer-ganahl/#press-release|title=RAINER GANAHL – "COMME DES MARXISTS"|publisher=White Columns |date=3 November 2013 |accessdate=24 September 2024}}</ref> The brand critiques capitalism and explores class struggles, cultural commentary, and sustainability in the fashion industry. The brand has been exhibited in numerous international galleries and museums, contributing to dialogues on capitalism and sustainability in both fashion and art.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rainer-ganahl-fashion-performance-london-1359532|title=After a Controversial Performance in Italy, Artist Rainer Ganahl Is Staging His Political Fashion Shows in London and Vienna|publisher=Artnet|date=27 February 2021 |accessdate=24 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sustainable-fashion.com/comme-des-marxists|title=COMME des MARXISTS|publisher=Centre for Sustainable Fashion|date=27 February 2021 |accessdate=24 September 2024}}</ref>

==Personal Life==
Rainer Ganahl has two children, a son<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30504375/|title=Running in Circles in Front of Daniel Buren's Stripe Paintings at the MoMA on Super Bowl Sunday|publisher=IMDB|date=|accessdate=14 November 2024}}</ref> and a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ganahl.info/isadorahermes.html|title=ISADORA|publisher=Rainer Ganahl|date=|accessdate=14 November 2024}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
*Rainer Ganahl, ''Manhattan Marxism''. Published by Sternberg Press, Berlin {{ISBN|978-3-95679-411-7}}
* Rainer Ganahl, ''DISASTER CAPITALISM - Paintings and Fashion'', Independently published, New York, 2024. {{ISBN|979-8334700307}}
*Rainer Ganahl, ''Ubu Trump: A tragi-comic play'' {{ISBN|978-1986003353}}
* Rainer Ganahl, ''Manhattan Marxism'', Published by Sternberg Press, Berlin, 2018. {{ISBN|978-3-95679-411-7}}
* Rainer Ganahl, ''Ubu Trump: A tragi-comic play'', 2018. {{ISBN|978-1986003353}}
* Hartle, Johan F., and Rainer Ganahl. ''DadaLenin''. Stuttgart: Edition Taube, 2013. {{ISBN|9783981451849}}
* Hartle, Johan F., and Rainer Ganahl. ''DadaLenin''. Stuttgart: Edition Taube, 2013. {{ISBN|9783981451849}}
*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: ''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: ''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}}
* Rainer Ganahl, ''Road to War'', Published by MUMOK (Museum of Modern Art Vienna), and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne. 240 pages, 2005. {{ISBN|3-88375-959-7}}
* William Kaizen, "Please, teach me" - Rainer Ganahl and the Politics of Learning, 2005
* 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, ''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, lueneburger-heide-sprechen, revolver, Frankfurt 2003. {{ISBN|3-934823-56-4}}
* Rainer Ganahl, Reading Karl Marx, Book Works, London, 2001. {{ISBN|1-870699-57-2}}
* Rainer Ganahl, ''Reading Karl Marx'', Book Works, London, 2001. {{ISBN|1-870699-57-2}}
* Rainer Ganahl (ed), IMPORTED - A Reading Seminar, Semiotext(e), New York 1998. {{ISBN|1-57027-076-7}}
* Rainer Ganahl (ed), ''IMPORTED - A Reading Seminar'', Semiotext(e), New York 1998. {{ISBN|1-57027-076-7}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
==External links==
*{{Official|http://www.ganahl.info}}
* {{Official website|ganahl.info}}
*[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_5_93/ai_n13717475 ''Art in America'' review]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_5_93/ai_n13717475 ''Art in America'' review]
*[http://www.zingmagazine.com/chat.html ''zingmagazine'' interview]
* [http://www.zingmagazine.com/chat.html ''zingmagazine'' interview]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090915184252/http://www.dikeoucollection.org/rainer.html Rainer Ganahl's Works in the Dikeou Collection]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090915184252/http://www.dikeoucollection.org/rainer.html Rainer Ganahl's works in the Dikeou Collection]


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Rainer Ganahl
Rainer Ganahl wearing a white print t-shirt and colourful jacket, holding what appears to be an electronic table in right hand leaning against a wall and looking directly at camera
Ganahl in 2015
Born
Bludenz, Austria
Known forManhattan Marxism
MovementRomanticism
Websitewww.ganahl.info Edit this at Wikidata

Rainer Ganahl (born 18 October 1961) is an Austrian-American conceptual artist who lives and works in New York. His work has been widely exhibited, including the Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria; The Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York; the Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany; and the 48th Venice Biennale. He is the subject and author of several published catalogues, among them, Reading Karl Marx (London: Book Works, 2001),[1] Ortsprache—Local Language (Kunsthaus Bregenz, 1998),[2] and Rainer Ganahl: Educational Complex (Vienna: Generali Foundation, 1997).[3]

Life

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From 1986 until 1991, Ganahl 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 City. He was a professor of visual arts at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart.

Work

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Ganahl started his career exploring computer based art, a pioneering field for its time. His first exhibition in this area was demonstrated at Philomene Magers in 1990.

His best known work, S/L (Seminars/Lectures), is an ongoing series of photographs, begun in 1995, of well-known cultural critics addressing audiences.[4] 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. His exhibition "El Mundo" at Kai Matsumiya was recently listed as one of the top exhibitions of 2014 by the New York Times,[5] and the film was subsequently acquired in the permanent collections at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Hirschorn Collection at the Smithsonian.[6]

Besides his photographic work and media art, Ganahl has been painting throughout his career, often integrating current news coverage into his pictures.[7]

Ganahl represented Austria at the 48th Venice Biennale.[8]

In 2013, Ganahl founded the fashion brand Comme des Marxists, which merges fashion, art, and Marxist theory.[9][10] The brand critiques capitalism and explores class struggles, cultural commentary, and sustainability in the fashion industry. The brand has been exhibited in numerous international galleries and museums, contributing to dialogues on capitalism and sustainability in both fashion and art.[11][12]

Personal Life

[edit]

Rainer Ganahl has two children, a son[13] and a daughter.[14]

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Rainer Ganahl, DISASTER CAPITALISM - Paintings and Fashion, Independently published, New York, 2024. ISBN 979-8334700307
  • Rainer Ganahl, Manhattan Marxism, Published by Sternberg Press, Berlin, 2018. ISBN 978-3-95679-411-7
  • Rainer Ganahl, Ubu Trump: A tragi-comic play, 2018. ISBN 978-1986003353
  • Hartle, Johan F., and Rainer Ganahl. DadaLenin. Stuttgart: Edition Taube, 2013. ISBN 9783981451849
  • 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, Published by MUMOK (Museum of Modern Art Vienna), and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne. 240 pages, 2005. 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 1-870699-57-2
  • Rainer Ganahl (ed), IMPORTED - A Reading Seminar, Semiotext(e), New York 1998. ISBN 1-57027-076-7

References

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  1. ^ Ganahl, Rainer (2001). Reading Karl Marx. London: Book Works. ISBN 978-1-870699-57-0.
  2. ^ Köb, Edelbert (1998). Local language (in German). Bregenz: Kunsthaus. ISBN 978-3-85298-053-9.
  3. ^ "Rainer Ganahl: Educational Complex — 2008-03-01". ZKM. 1 March 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ^ Schwendener, Martha (February 2003). "Rainer Ganahl: Base - Reviews: Florence". ArtForum.
  5. ^ Smith, Roberta (23 April 2010). "Rainer Ganahl 'Language of Emigration and Pictures of Emigration". New York Times.
  6. ^ "Hirshhorn New Acquisitions: Rainer Ganahl - Newsdesk". Smithsonian. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Rainer ganahl paintings".
  8. ^ "Wallach Art Gallery Features Rainer Ganahl, the Politics of Learning". Columbia News. Columbia University. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  9. ^ "RAINER GANAHL's "COMME DES MARXISTS" at White Columns — Musée Magazine". Musée Magazine. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  10. ^ "RAINER GANAHL – "COMME DES MARXISTS"". White Columns. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  11. ^ "After a Controversial Performance in Italy, Artist Rainer Ganahl Is Staging His Political Fashion Shows in London and Vienna". Artnet. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  12. ^ "COMME des MARXISTS". Centre for Sustainable Fashion. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Running in Circles in Front of Daniel Buren's Stripe Paintings at the MoMA on Super Bowl Sunday". IMDB. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  14. ^ "ISADORA". Rainer Ganahl. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
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