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Allen Jones is a British pop artist and a senior member of the Royal Academy of Arts. He is known for his paintings, sculptures and lithographs on the theme of human sexuality. He was awarded the Prix des Jeunes Artistes at the 1963 Paris Biennale.
Allen Jones' most famous work is "Hat Stand, Table and Chair," created from "fetish" fiberglass mannequins.
Stephan Balkenhol is a German artist known for his sculptures capturing the human form. Based in France and Germany, he specializes in wood sculptures, reliefs, drawings, and graphic techniques like lithography, woodcuts, and stencils. His distinct style features roughly carved and vibrantly painted wooden sculptures, often depicting people, animals, and architecture.
Balkenhol's subjects lack emotions, often gazing into emptiness, resulting in a distant and enigmatic aura. Wood is his primary medium, with softer woods allowing precise facial details while maintaining imperfections like chips, knots, and tool marks. The artist adds paint as a finishing touch, accentuating anatomy and vitality. The textured surfaces beneath the paint layer amplify the sense of life in Balkenhol's works.
Ottmar Hörl is a contemporary German artist born in Nauheim in 1950. He is known for his conceptual and installation art that often involves repetition, mass production, and humor.
One of Hörl's most well-known works is his "Multiple of 300" series, which features 300 identical objects arranged in a grid. This series has been applied to various subjects, including garden gnomes, plastic toy soldiers, and busts of famous figures such as Beethoven and Martin Luther.
Hörl has also created public sculptures and installations in many cities throughout Germany, including Frankfurt, Nuremberg, and Würzburg. One of his most notable installations is the "Bavarian Forest" in the Munich Residenz, which consists of 1,000 golden deer statues arranged in a forest-like formation.
Hörl has exhibited his works internationally, and he has received numerous awards for his contributions to the arts.