Carsten Höller

(German, born 1961)

Carsten Höller is contemporary German conceptual artist. Through a wide variety of large-scale, interactive works, he has established himself as one of the most inventive and influential artists at work today. One his most iconic works, The Slide at the Arcelor Mittal Orbit (2016), consists of the world’s largest and tallest tunnel slide, which he created with the help of Anish Kapoor. “A slide is a sculpture that you can travel inside,” Höller remarked. “People coming down the slides have a particular expression on their faces, they’re affected and to some degree ‘changed.’” He emerged as a major figure of the Relational Aesthetics movement of the 1990s alongside artists like Rirkrit Tiravanija and Andrea Zittel by creating artworks that foster shared group experiences and connections between its audience members. What sets Höller apart is his background as a trained scientist, which has featured into his technologically complex installations that regularly incorporate buildings, lighting, and computer games. Born in December 1961 in Brussels, Belgium, he went on to study insects and their olfactory communications, eventually earning a doctorate in agricultural science and working as a research entomologist before committing himself to artmaking full-time in 1993. Höller has been the subject of major museum exhibitions worldwide, including at MASS MoCA, the Tate Modern, and the Guggenheim in New York for their survey theanyspacewhatever in 2008–2009. The artist lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden, and Biriwa, Ghana.

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Carsten Höller (111 results)
Double Mushroom Vitrine (Once), 2015

Carsten Höller

Double Mushroom Vitrine (Once), 2015

Sale Date: May 3, 2024

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The Elevator, 2004

Carsten Höller

The Elevator, 2004

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Doppelpilzvitrine (1 Doppelpilz)..., 2009

Carsten Höller

Doppelpilzvitrine (1 Doppelpilz)..., 2009

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Multiple Mushroom Dome (Amanita muscaria..., 2012

Carsten Höller

Multiple Mushroom Dome (Amanita muscaria..., 2012

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Three, 1997–1998

Rosemarie Trockel and Carsten Höller

Three, 1997–1998

Sale Date: July 18, 2023

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Amanite fluorescente, 2004

Carsten Höller

Amanite fluorescente, 2004

Sale Date: February 15, 2023

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Canaries, 2009

Carsten Höller

Canaries, 2009

Sale Date: February 15, 2023

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Untitled (Canary), 2006

Carsten Höller

Untitled (Canary), 2006

Sale Date: February 15, 2023

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Lignano Apollo Swing, Lignano Sabbiadoro, 2006

Carsten Höller

Lignano Apollo Swing, Lignano Sabbiadoro, 2006

Sale Date: February 15, 2023

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Lignano Aquasplash Anaconda, 2011

Carsten Höller

Lignano Aquasplash Anaconda, 2011

Sale Date: November 13, 2022

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Black Canary from the series Canaries, 2010

Carsten Höller

Black Canary from the series Canaries, 2010

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Canaries, 2009

Carsten Höller

Canaries, 2009

Sale Date: September 27, 2022

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Reflections of my eyes, 1996

Carsten Höller

Reflections of my eyes, 1996

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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The Elevator, 2004

Carsten Höller

The Elevator, 2004

Sale Date: June 13, 2022

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Pilze, 2004

Carsten Höller

Pilze, 2004

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Pilze, 2004

Carsten Höller

Pilze, 2004

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Triple Mushroom Dome (Amanita..., 2019

Carsten Höller

Triple Mushroom Dome (Amanita..., 2019

Sale Date: June 11, 2021

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OHNE TITEL (RENTIER), 2010

Carsten Höller

OHNE TITEL (RENTIER), 2010

Sale Date: September 26, 2020

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STRABILIA TWISTER WITH CAROUSEL, 2005

Carsten Höller

STRABILIA TWISTER WITH CAROUSEL, 2005

Sale Date: December 18, 2019

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CROCODILE, 2002

Carsten Höller

CROCODILE, 2002

Sale Date: October 4, 2019

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Untitled (RENTIER), 2010

Carsten Höller

Untitled (RENTIER), 2010

Sale Date: September 16, 2019

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Canaries, 2009

Carsten Höller

Canaries, 2009

Sale Date: April 23, 2019

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Punktebilder (Dot Paintings), 2004

Carsten Höller

Punktebilder (Dot Paintings), 2004

Sale Date: April 11, 2019

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Pistoia Cars and Carrouselle, 2007

Carsten Höller

Pistoia Cars and Carrouselle, 2007

Sale Date: December 17, 2018

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