Wolfgang Laib (b.1950) lives and works between Hochdorf, Germany, New York and India.
Laib creates large-scale, process-based installations using natural materials such as milk, pollen, rice, wax and marble. Inspired by teachings of the ancient Taoist philosopher Laozi, Laib’s sculptural compositions employ the basic forms of the cone, the rectangle or the house in order to focus the viewer’s attention on their innate material qualities. In 2015, Laib was awarded the Praemium Imperiale. Laib lives and works between Hochdorf, Germany, New York and India.
Recent credits include: Where the Land and Water End, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York (2018), The Beginning of Something Else, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (2017), Wolfgang Laib, MASI, Lugano, Switzerland (2017), Where the Land and Water End, Secretariat Yangon, Goethe Institut Myanmar, Yangon, Myanmar (2017), Somewhere Else, Church of Santa Maria della Spina, Pisa, Italy (2017), Wolfgang Laib, Il Museo d’arte della Svizzera Italiana (MASI), Lugano, Switzerland (2017), Wolfgang Laib, ADAA: The Art Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York (2016), Wolfgang Laib, Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy (2016).
