Contemporary Sculptures — A1119: Contemporary Curated
Yuji Takeoka is a Japanese and German sculptor who lives and works in Düsseldorf.
He studied sculpture at Kyoto University of the Arts and at the Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf. Known for his "pedestal sculptures," Yuji Takeoka creates elaborate sculptures that emphasize the relationship between the object and the outside world. At the conceptual level of his work, Takeoka creates unique drawings called "Plans.
Katharina Grosse is a German artist. As an artist, Grosse's work employs a use of architecture, sculpture and painting. She is known for her large-scale, site-related installations to create immersive visual experiences. She has been using an industrial paint-sprayer to apply prismatic swaths of color to a variety of surfaces since the late 1990s, and often uses bright, unmixed sprayed-on acrylic paints to create both large-scale sculptural elements and smaller wall works.
Christian Peschke is a German painter and modernist sculptor.
He studied at the Stuttgart State Academy of Fine Arts and is a representative of classical modernism, combining realist and surrealist art forms. In his work, Peschke glorifies the harmony and perfection of the female body.
