Buchmann Galerie Lugano is pleased to announce a new presentation of artworks focused on Wolfgang Laib (Metzingen, *1950).
Starting Saturday, December 16th, the gallery spaces will host a selection of Reishäuser, including a historic silver plate artwork exhibited at Galerie Beyeler, as well as a small beeswax sculpture and several works on paper.
The German artist's works fascinate with the fusion of Western minimalist artistic currents and spirituality supported by his interests in Eastern philosophy, aesthetics and religions.
The use of natural materials such as rice, pollen, and beeswax reinforces the spiritual dimension of his works: the simplicity expressed in the forms and colors bears witness to the trend toward the pursuit of essentiality.
For more than 30 years, Laib has been on a unique artistic path that amplifies materials and the intrinsic processes of nature.
Wolfgang Laib is considered one of the most internationally respected and admired German artists, awarded the Japanese Praemium Imperiale for sculpture in 2015. His works can be found in several public collections, including Centre Pompidou in Paris, MASI in Lugano, Kunsthaus in Zurich, Kunstmuseum in Chur, Museum of Modern Art in New York, Neue Pinakothek in Munich, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, Kunstmuseum in Stuttgart, Sprengel Museum in Hanover, and many others.
There is currently a solo exhibition Passageway at the prestigious Villa Panza in Varese, which can be visited until February 25, 2024.
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