1939 born in Wattenscheid, DE
lives and works in Neuhaus, AT

Klaus Rinke is one of the most important German representatives and pioneer of process and action art. From the mid-1960s onwards, he was mainly known for his «primary demonstrations» – actions performed in the open air or in galleries and museums dealing with the spatiality and temporality of human existence. In Rinke's oeuvre, which also includes drawings and installations, various everyday objects appear symbolically charged as leitmotifs: station clocks and water stand for transience; a plum signals the earthboundness of man.