Ruben Talberg
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Ruben Talberg is a German
Germany
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 - Israel
Israel
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i painter
Painting
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, sculptor
Sculpture
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, and photographer.

He initially lived in Tel-Aviv and New York, then in Frankfurt
Frankfurt
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 and Offenbach. In 1986 his first solo-exhibition was presented in Heidelberg.

Talberg's oeuvre deals with antagonistic positions such as Nature & Alchemy, Asymmetry & Dynamics or Eros & Thanathos. Since 1990 he is associated with the style of "Anti-Capitalist Abstraction" which he founded, and ever since 1994 with "Young Jewish Art" respectively. During the last decade he has intensified his interest for Jewish mysticism and magic. On extensive journeys he creates new serials of photography that in turn shape the base for new artwork cycles. Likewise the surfaces of his artworks contain references to aramaic letters, Voodoo, Egypt
Egypt
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ian symbols, Chinese economic numbers.

2011 the Talberg Museum was founded in Offenbach am Main.

Talberg, a member of Mensa International, lives and works in Offenbach and Southern France
Southern France
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