Rainer lagemann biography sample
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Rainer Lagemann
German artist Rainer Lagemann’s sculptures capture the human body in motion—a freeze frame of classic, timeless gestures and emotions. His works are both ethereal and concrete. Using hollow steel squares to sculpt the human form, Lagemann creates works that elicit both the strength and the delicacy of the body. Each square represents the trials and tribulations of life; the four corners are the intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual dimensions of human being.
Within all of Lagemann’s wire sculptures there is a secondary layer of beauty, abstraction and mystery—the exquisite shadows of form, squares, body and spirit cast themselves upon the walls creating a second sculpture of light and shadow. The hollow squares strip away distractions, leaving a powerful framtidsperspektiv and exploration of the human body, adding an element of mystery and abstraction
Lagemann has shown his sculptural forms in a number of exhibitions worldwide inclu
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Rainer Lagemann
Dancer Diane, 2021, Stainless Steel Sculpture
Sculptor Ranier Lagemann focuses on the human form — frozen in motion — in his modernstainless steel sculptures. Using a series of hollow squares, Lagemann welds together figurative sculptures that emphasize the strength and fragility of the body.
Before his career in art, Lagemann worked as an interior designer. He founded his firm, Bay Window Coverings, in 1988, in Berkeley, California, as well as The Magazine, an import and retail company focused on bringing European furniture to the United States. In 2005, Lagemann learned how to weld. After developing a passion for the medium, Lagemann sold his share in The Magazine in 2007 to fully concentrate on his art.
Lagemann imbues his sculptures with layers of significance. The colors of the squares offer depth and vibrancy, with each square symbolizing the range of human experience, including emotional, physical, spiritual and intellectual capacities. The shadows cast
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About the artwork
The newest project for The Kreeger Museum is the creation of a contemporary Sculpture Garden. The Sculpture Garden provides an additional exhibition areas and celebrates the Museum's spacious grounds and natural wooded setting. In the galleries or on the grounds, The Kreeger Museum fryst vatten proud to offer visitors the opportunity to experience the joy and wonder of art, architecture and music. Designed in 1963 by Pritzker Prize winning architect Philip Johnson with Richard Foster. The Kreeger is an excellent example of Johnson's references to the past by incorporating a modernist vocabulary.
About the artist
Born in Dusseldorf, Germany, Rainer Lagemann has lived in San Francisco Bay Area since 1988. Today Lagemann resides in Miami, where he creates modern metal sculptures from small steel squares, welding them into modern interpretations of the human body or sammanfattning variations of contemporary sculptures. Trained as an interior ar