Ever since his studies with Joseph Beuys and Erwin Heerich since his first exhibitions - for
instance at 'Kippenberger's Office' in 1979 - Meuser (b. Essen 1947 lives and works in
Karlsruhe) has been a solitaire. His sculptures are unyielding and unruly just as much as they
are vulnerable and tender. They are witty and heart-touchingly charming. Meuser finds his
material in the scrapyard. Confidently and empathically he reinstates form and dignity to the
remnants and vestiges of industrial society. As a romantic he grants things a life of their
own and turns them into self-reliant protagonists once more. Unwaveringly he works to
re-poetize a standardized and maltreated world. The lavishly designed monograph is published on
the occasion of Meuser's 75th birthday presenting works and exhibitions from the past ten
years. Eight international authors and scholars create a dazzling mosaic and reveal how Meuser
boldly holds his own in face of Duchamp Minimalism and Social Sculpture. An open-ended
outlook. Meuser studied 1968-1976 at Art Academy Düsseldorf with Joseph Beuys and Erwin
Heerich. 1991 he received the ars viva award. 1992-2015 professorship at Academy of Fine Art
Karlsruhe. Since 1976 numerous institutional solo and group exhibitions and works in
international collections: Bundeskunsthalle Bonn Deichtorhallen Hamburg documenta IX
Fridericianum Kassel Fundació Joan Miró Barcelona Joanneum Graz Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Museum of Contemporary Art Monterrey Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin Museum Abteiberg
Mönchengladbach Museum Folkwang Essen Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Vienna Museum
Morsbroich Leverkusen Rijksmuseum Twenthe Enschede Sakip Sabanci Museum Istanbul
Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe Vanhaerents Art Collection Brussels ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst
Karlsruhe.
