WOLFGANG LAIB

ART MADE WITH NATURAL MATERIALS
NATUREL MALZEMELERLE YAPILAN SANAT










Wolfgang Laib
Ricehouse, 1988/89
White marble, rice, pollen from hazelnut

Wolfgang Laib
Pirinc ev,1988/89
Beyaz mermer, pirinc, findik poleni

Wolfgang Laib
Ziggurat, 1999
Beeswax, wood

Wolfgang Laib
Ziggurat, 1999
Aripoleni, tahta

Wolfgang Laib
The Five Mountains Not to Climb On
(Die fünf unbesteigbaren Berge), 1984.
Hazelnut pollen, height: approximately 2 3/4 inches.

Wolfgang Laib
Ustune Cikilmayacak Bes Dag
(Die fünf unbesteigbaren Berge), 1984.
Findik poleni

Wolfgang Laib
Rice House, 1990
marble and rice
7 3/8 x 25 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches

Wolfgang Laib
Pirin Ev, 1990
Mermer ve oirinc
7 3/8 x 25 3/8 x 4 7/8 inc

Wolfgang Laib
Milkstone, 2001
Marble and milk
2 3/8 x 23 7/16 x 28 3/4 inches

Wolfgang Laib
Suttasi, 2001
Mermer ve Sut
2 3/8 x 23 7/16 x 28 3/4 inches

(via DESIGN SQUISH)

Born on 25 March 1950 in Metzingen, Germany, Wolfgang Laib studied medicine in the 1970s in Tübingen. From early on he had been interested in art, foreign cultures, Zen Buddhism and Taoism as well as in the mystics of the European middle ages.
His work may be grouped with Land Art and he shows influences of Minimalism.
Wolfgang Laib employs natural materials, such as beeswax, rice and large quantities of intense, yellow pollen that he collects by hand near where he lives in a small village in southern Germany. Laib considers nature as something to be experienced through the senses, but not the goal of his work; it is rather a space for activity and contemplation to point towards larger contexts. Frequent codes in his work include: "cell", "wall", "seed" and "boat".
He also became famous for his so-called "milk stones": big blocks of marble into which very shallow depressions are sanded, then filled with milk.

25 Mart 1950'de Almanya'nin Metzingen kentinde dogan Wolfang Laib 1970'te Tübingen'de tip okumus. Daha sonra sanata merak saran doktor aday Zen Buduzim ve Taosim gibi mistik kulturlerle ilgilenmeye baslamis.
Calismalari Minimalism'den etkilenmis Arazi sanati olarak gruplandirilabilir.
Wolfang Laib ari poleni, pirinc ve dogu Almanya'da yasadigi kucuk kasabadan kendi elleriyle topladigi buyuk olcude cicek poleni gibi dogal materiyeller kullanmaya baslamis.
Laib dogayi duyularla tecrube edilebilecegini dusunsede calismalarinin amacini bu yolda yurutmekten ziyade alani bir aktivite olarak betimlemis ve dusuncesini buyuk ve genis alanlari onurlandirmak icin yapmistir.
Kendisi ayrica kazidigi mermerlerin icine sut doldurdugu "sut taslari" adli yapitlari ile taninismis.