Wolfgang Laib

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wolfgang Laib
Occupation	Artist
Date Of Birth	Mar 25, 1950(1950-03-25)
Age	74
Birthplace	Metzingen
Country	Germany
Birth City	Baden-Württemberg
Horoscope	Pisces

Wolfgang Laib Biography

Wolfgang Laib is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on March 25, 1950 in Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Wolfgang Laib was born 25 March 1950 in Metzingen, Germany, the son of a physician Gustav Laib and his wife Lydia. The family moved in 1962 to a small town close to Biberach in the Riss region. in which his father built a modern- day glass residence that was a masterpiece of architecture situated in the midst of meadows, forests and meadows. The lifestyle that was took place there had a profound and significant influence on the entire family. in the household.

In 1977, Laib began collecting pollen in the meadows as well as the forests surrounding his village. Over a period of time from the beginning of spring to summer , he continued this for a long time until the current. It was an significant element of his everyday life. The pollen is displayed in exhibits in various ways. It is most commonly described as the radiant field that is scattered on the floor in a soft rectangular form that gives a great emotional and intense experience. In other situations the pollen can be placed in glass jars, or laid out in small mountain ranges.

Since 1983 onwards his involvement with materials progressed into rice, beeswax, sealing wax, Burmese lacquer and some metals. At first he made smaller beeswax pieces which then developed into major large-scale pieces like beeswax chambers and stepped pyramids called “Zikkurats”. His selection of those materials are deeply meaningful, but they do not at all represent the limit of his intent in their essence; rather they serve as vehicles to by far greater complex ideas. He has always been less concerned with innovation or formal development than with the notion of continuity. His oeuvre is not to be approached in a chronological order, but in a cyclical manner, as he uses the same forms and materials regularly. Laib considers himself as a vehicle for ideas of universality and timelessness that are already present in nature. In his work, the micro often connects to the macro in a way that reconfigures our place in the universe. He can be quoted by saying: “I did with my art works what I wanted to do as a doctor. I never changed my profession.” In 2000 he creates the first permanent wax chamber in Roc del Maure in the Pyrenees mountains near Perpignan. Other wax chambers follow near his studio in southern Germany, in the lower Engadin in Switzerland, in the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and a 50-meter-long corridor for Anselm Kiefer in Barjac, southern France, realized in 2014.

In 1985 Carolyn moved to Germany and as his wife accompanied Laib over many decades until the present. This became a very intense and beautiful relationship, sharing the life, work and values they were seeking to achieve. In 1986 their daughter Chandra Maria was born.

In 1976, he had his first solo exhibition at Gallery Mueller-Roth in Stuttgart which showcased the early Milkstones. It was the beginning of numerous exhibitions throughout the world for many years. In 1979 and 1981 , he held his first exhibits at New York. He worked and lived in Tribeca and it was during this time when he met Carolyn Reep, a conservator who specialized in Asian antiquities and art who later would become his wife. In 1982, he participated in Documenta 7 and represented Germany in the Venice Biennale together with Hanne Darboven and Gotthard Graubner.

Wolfgang Laib Net Worth

Wolfgang Laib is one of the richest Artist from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wolfgang Laib 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Wolfgang Laib (born 25 March 1950 in Metzingen, (Germany) is a German artist who is primarily recognized as a sculpturer. He is a resident of the small town of the southern part of Germany and has studios situated in New York and South India.

Despite his ever-growing love of the arts, Laib begins to study medicine at the University of Tuebingen in 1968. As his studies advanced, Laib began to wonder how the modern medicine actually is and what it means. In dissatisfaction with western medicine he began to see scientific disciplines, and the majority of modern thought as being limited by their dependence on logic and the physical world. The search for answers was a journey to Eastern spirituality, philosophy and pre-Renaissance thinking. In this period, Laib began to pursue studying in parallel Sanskrit and Eastern philosophy. In 1972, in the midst of his medical school, Laib began work on a sculpture made of stone known as “Brahmanda” – or “cosmic egg” in Sanskrit. This was the moment Laib was able to complete his medical education and with the intention of pursuing the profession as an artist.

His work has been exhibited worldwide in many of the most important galleries and museums. He represented Germany in the 1982 Venice Biennale and was included with his works in the Documenta 7 in 1982 and then in the Documenta 8 in 1987. In 2015 he received the Praemium Imperiale for sculpture in Tokyo, Japan.

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Wolfgang Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Wolfgang Laib celebrates birthday on March 25 of every year.

Why does Wolfgang Laib make art?

Inspired by the teachings of the ancient Taoist philosopher Laozi, by the modern artist Brancusi, and the legacy of formative life experiences with his family in Germany and India , Laib creates sculptures that seem to connect that past and present, the ephemeral and the eternal.

What type of material does the artist Wolfgang Laib use in his floor

works?

These works are often made from one or a combination of two materials, accumulated from natural elements—such as milk, marble, pollen, rice, and beeswax —which have been selected for their purity and symbolic associations.