“As a man with a billion dollar vision, I try to stay away from people with a 10 cent mentality - as far as I can.”

— Ruben Talberg

 

Location

Talberg is currently based in Germany and Southern France.

Social links

• LinkedIn • vimeo • wikiart • wikipedia/en • wikipedia/de

 

Vision

“I was about 20 when I was struck with a vision in Bellagio, Italy where I had discovered some life-sized sculptures wrapped in tunica folds. It hit me like a blitz as I had this déjà-vue, a flashback into my childhood, being wrapped in folds of soft fabrics, hold by my parents, re-experiencing for a brief moment those profound flows of warmth, energy and love.

There is something really deep and humane about these original experiences most of us had as tiny humane beings. From that time on I became obsessed with folds and searched for ways to express these primordial experiences in my Neo-Fluxus,” recounts Talberg.

“Art is the supreme task and the truly metaphysical activity in this life. Real success of an artist can only be measured by how far he was able to realize his artistic vision.”

— F. Nietzsche

 

Neo-Fluxus Manifolds

As one of the significant artists of his generation, Talberg's oeuvre is represented in over 200 prestigious private and public art collections. The list of collectors reads like a Who's Who of the international art world, including celebs like A. Winehouse, K. Reeves, Y. S. Laurent, K. Lagerfeld.

Talberg's Manifolds appeared in over 100 international group and solo exhibitions.

Talberg wrote art history when he founded Neo-Fluxus, which is based on his Neo-Fluxus manifesto ‘95. The core ideas originate in Heraclitus pantha rhei - everything flows and DAO, the philosophy of flow, which also hold true for his Manifolds.

In 2011 he launched Talberg Museum, Europe’s most visionary Jewish Sculptor Museum.

Bibliography

• 2021, "Manifolds V", Talberg Museum

  • 2020, "Manifolds IV", Art Golani

  • 2019, "XL Manifolds", Art Golani

  • 2018, "888 Manifolds", Talberg Museum

  • 2017, "Manifolds III", Art Golani

  • 2016, "Retrospective 2006-2016", AWG

  • 2015, „Prometheus“, Talberg Museum

  • 2014, „Arcanum“, Talberg Museum

  • 2013, „Talgrams & Editions 1990-2013“, Talberg Museum

  • 2013, „Arte Alchemica“, Talberg Museum

  • 2013, „Visions of Voodoo“, Talberg Museum

  • 2012, "Manifolds II", Art Golani

  • 2012, „Early works“, Talberg Museum

  • 2012, „Basquiat meets Talberg“, Talberg Museum

  • 2011, "111 Manifold Drawings", Talberg Museum

  • 2011, „Abraxas“, Talberg Museum

  • 2010, „Viridarium Chimicum“, Talberg Factory

  • 2010, „INRI“, Talberg Factory

  • 2010, „Jacob's ladder“, Talberg Factory

  • 2010, „Durchkämmung“, Talberg Factory

  • 2010, „Nox“, Talberg Factory

  • 2008, "400 Manifold Drawings", Talberg Factory

  • 2008, "Damballah", Talberg Factory, ISBN 978-3-00-026230-2

  • 2007, "Malchut", Talberg Factory, ISBN 978-3-00-023341-8

  • 2007, "Obsession", Salon Gallery, ISBN 978-0-9555408-0-6

  • 2006, "Eros & Thanathos", Villa Obsession, ISBN 978-3-00-020407-4

  • 2000, "300 Manifold Drawings", Villa Obsession

  • 2000, "Manifolds", Villa Obsession

  • 2000, "Alchemy", Villa Obsession, ISBN 978-3-00-021478-3

  • 1995, "Asymmetry", Villa Obsession, ISBN 978-3-00-021477-6

  • 1993, "XS Manifolds", Studio East-Side

  • 1991, "Anatomy of Evil", Studio East-Side, ISBN 978-3-00-021476-9

  • 1990, "Talgrams 1977-1990", Studio East-Side

 

Auctions

According to artprice.com, as early as 2007 Talberg’s works were estimated by Ketterer Art Auctions between €12.000 - €20.000 ($16,000 - $27,000) and successfully auctioned for over €24.000 ($32,500). As recent as 2019 a small piece (30x24cm - 12x10in) was successfully auctioned for €4.400 ($4,950) including premium.

$1 in 2007 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $1.41 today, an increase of $0.41 over 15 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.32% per year between 2007 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 40.97%.

Art indices are an important tool for anyone interested in the investment aspects of art. The art market appears to outpace inflation and can even outperform financial assets, including the S&P 500.

There are are a number of reasons behind this, including how supply and demand are created in the art market, as well as the fact that art may serve different purposes.

Talberg is recognized as a pioneer of contemporary sculpture and one of the foremost Jewish visual artists of the 1990s to the present day. The fact that his life-time oeuvre is limited to 888 pieces certainly contributed to the solid price appreciation seen over the last two decades, i.e. 10 - 15% per year.