b. 1984, United States

Douglas Rieger Biography

Douglas Rieger (b. 1984, Pittsburgh PA) lives and works in New York, NY. He received his MFA from Yale in 2016 and BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2008. Rieger's work has been exhibited at Helena Anrather Gallery (New York, NY), Thierry Goldberg Gallery (New York, NY), 67 Ludlow Gallery (New York, NY), 1708 Gallery (Richmond, VA), E.Tay Gallery (New York, NY), Parallelogram Gallery (Tampa, FL).

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I look for repressed personality types in objects. The weathered, the repaired, the restored, the salvaged, the fresh, the applied, the new, the formed, the abandoned, the found, anything that calls to the effect placed on an object indicating who is using has used who made for what when how. How the intentions behind that object may also involve a subconscious desire within. Within the form, the color, the material, the hand of the maker leaves behind a residue that injects the makers person into the object.

My work is aggressive and languid, utilitarian and abstract. It has a perversity, and humor giving it a muddy sexuality that blends the body and the mechanism. The works are not meant to fit a logic, they are a dialogue between machine and operator. — Douglas Rieger

Text courtesy Capsule Shanghai.

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Instrument in Red and Pink by Douglas Rieger contemporary artwork painting, sculpture
Douglas Rieger Instrument in Red and Pink, 2023 Foam, metal, wood, silicone, canvas, vinyl, paint
105 x 79.5 x 21 cm
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I with Socks by Douglas Rieger contemporary artwork sculpture
Douglas Rieger I with Socks, 2022 Aluminium, sports socks, upholstery foam, and vinyl
59 x 46 x 15 cm
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Young Chunk by Douglas Rieger contemporary artwork sculpture
Douglas Rieger Young Chunk, 2022 Wood, paint, iron, and felt
51.3 x 31.5 x 27 cm
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Composition in Wood and Steel 4 by Douglas Rieger contemporary artwork sculpture
Douglas Rieger Composition in Wood and Steel 4, 2022 Wood, steel, paint, and aluminium frame
62 x 48 x 26 cm
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Composition in Wood and Steel 3 by Douglas Rieger contemporary artwork works on paper, sculpture
Douglas Rieger Composition in Wood and Steel 3, 2022 Wood, steel, paint, and aluminium frame
61 x 40.6 x 24 cm
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Felt Slots by Douglas Rieger contemporary artwork sculpture
Douglas Rieger Felt Slots, 2022 Wood, paint, felt, upholstery foam, and vinyl
81.3 x 61 x 20.5 cm
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Fangs by Douglas Rieger contemporary artwork sculpture
Douglas Rieger Fangs, 2022 Wood, paint, upholstery foam, and vinyl
81.3 x 61 x 24.5 cm
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Bound by Douglas Rieger contemporary artwork sculpture
Douglas Rieger Bound, 2022 Wood, steel, paint, silicone, upholstery foam, and vinyl
81.3 x 61 x 23 cm
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