Artist Ruben Benjamin Smulczynski

Ruben Benjamin Smulczynski

1990. Based in Düsseldorf

Meisterschüler of Katharina Grosse at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf; came from painting and the study of old masters (Botticelli, Caravaggio). His textile-based, site-specific installations are built on subtraction and removal: transparent chiffon and nettle fabric, spray paint imitating folds and drapery ('Durchdruck'). More recent poetic wall installations combine transparent fabrics, peacock feathers and glittering collage.