Ruben Talberg

{{short description|German sculptor (born 1964)}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2009}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox artist | name = Ruben Talberg | image = Ruben_C._Talberg.jpg | caption = Ruben Talberg | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1964|8|24}} | birth_place = Heidelberg, Germany | known_for = King of Flow, Neo~Fluxus, 888 NFDs | website = {{URL|talberg.org}} }} thumb|Talberg Museum

'''Ruben Talberg''' (born 24 August 1964, in Heidelberg) is a German contemporary artist, known as »King of Flow,« founder of the Neo-Fluxus art movement and Talberg Museum, a single-artist museum in Offenbach/Main, Germany.<ref>{{cite web |title=Talberg Museum |url=https://www.jewish-places.de/de/DE-MUS-975919Z/facility/d4b4798a-19fd-40db-9e1e-697002693857 |website=Jewish Places |publisher=Jewish Museum Berlin}}</ref>

==Work== In 1995, Talberg published his Neo-Fluxus Manifesto, codifying his philosophy of "flow" inspired by Heraclitus's »Pantha rhei« ("everything flows") and DAO (Taoism) principles. His signature »Manifolds« explore flow in various dichotomies such as nature versus alchemy, asymmetry versus dynamics, Eros versus Thanatos. In 2011, Talberg launched the Talberg Museum in Offenbach/Main, Germany, one of the few single-artist museums worldwide while the artist is still alive (List_of_single-artist_museums).<ref>{{cite web |title=Talberg Museum |url=https://www.offenbach.de/verzeichnisse/yellowpages/common/kunst/Talberg-Museum.php |website=City Offenbach |publisher=Art Sites}}</ref>

According to Talberg's artist statement, his Neo-Fluxus Manifolds »express flow: manifestations of the eternal return of life and energy.«<ref>{{cite web |title=Ruben Talberg |url=https://www.talberg.org/ |website=TALBERG |publisher=Talberg Museum}}</ref>

Talberg lives and works between Heidelberg and Southern France.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ruben Talberg |url=https://www.talberg.org/ |website=TALBERG |publisher=Talberg Museum}}</ref>

== Bibliography (selected)== {{columns-list|colwidth=49em| * 2026 Grow & Flow! / Talgrams, Talberg Museum

* 2025 Building Dreams & Talworx, Talberg Museum

* 2024, Holy Grail of Flow, Talberg Museum

*23-24, 888 Manifolds, Talberg Museum

* 2023, Birth and Decay / Talgrams, Talberg Museum

* 2022, Documenta XV / Talgraphs, Indie solo show

* 2022, Myriorama of Flow, Talberg Museum

* 2021, Manifolds V / Talgraphs, Talberg Museum

* 2020, Manifolds IV / Talworx, Art Golani

* 2019, Neo-Fluxus / Talgraphs, Talberg Museum

* 2019, XL Manifolds / Talgrams, Art Golani

* 2018, Talworx & Manifolds", Talberg Museum

* 2017, Documenta XIV, Talberg Museum, Indie solo show

* 2017, Manifolds III / Talgrams, Art Golani

* 2016, Retrospective 2006-2016, AWG

* 2015, Prometheus / Talworx, Talberg Museum

* 2014, Arcanum / Talgraphs, Talberg Museum

* 2013, Talgrams & Talworx 84-13, Talberg Museum

* 2013, Arte Alchemica, Talberg Museum

* 2013, Visions of Voodoo, Talberg Museum

* 2012, Documenta XIII, Talberg Museum, Indie solo show

* 2012, Manifolds II / Talgrams, Art Golani

* 2012, Early works & Talworx, Talberg Museum

* 2012, Basquiat meets Talberg, Talberg Museum

* 2011, 111 Talgrams, Talberg Museum

* 2011, Abraxas, Talberg Museum

* 2010, Viridarium Chimicum, Talberg Factory

* 2010, INRI / Talgrams / Talgraphs, Talberg Factory

* 2010, Jacob's ladder, Talberg Factory

* 2010, Durchkämmung, Talberg Factory

* 2010, Nox / Talworx, Talberg Factory

* 2008, 400 Talgrams, Talberg Factory

* 2008, Damballah, Talberg Factory, {{ISBN|978-3-00-026230-2}}

* 2007, Documenta XII, Talberg Factory, Indie solo show

* 2007, Malchut / Talgrams, Talberg Factory, {{ISBN|978-3-00-023341-8}}

* 2007, Obsession, Salon Gallery, {{ISBN|978-0-9555408-0-6}}

* 2006, Eros & Thanatos, Villa Obsession, {{ISBN|978-3-00-020407-4}}

* 2002, Documenta XI, Villa Obsession, Indie solo show

* 2000, 300 Talgrams, Villa Obsession

* 2000, Talworx & Manifolds, Villa Obsession

* 2000, Alchemy, Villa Obsession, {{ISBN|978-3-00-021478-3}}

* 1997, Documenta X, Villa Obsession, Indie solo show

* 1995, Neo-Fluxus & Talgrams, Villa Obsession

* 1995, Asymmetry, Villa Obsession, {{ISBN|978-3-00-021477-6}}

* 1993, XS Manifolds / Talworx, Studio East-Side

* 1991, Anatomy of Evil, Studio East-Side, {{ISBN|978-3-00-021476-9}}

* 1990, Talgraphs 1977-1990, Studio East-Side

* 1986, Dionysian Dreams, Heidelberg }}

== References == <references />

== External links == * {{Official website}}

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