Wolfgang laibs biography

          Born in in Metzingen, Germany, Wolfgang Laib originally studied medicine.

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          Wolfgang Laib

          German artist

          Wolfgang Laib

          Born25 March 1950

          Metzingen, Germany

          NationalityGerman
          EducationFull degree in Medicine, University Tuebingen, Germany
          Known forSculpture
          SpouseCarolyn Reep (1985 – present)
          AwardsPraemium Imperiale for Sculpture, Tokyo, 2015

          Wolfgang Laib (born 25 March 1950 in Metzingen, Germany) is a German artist, predominantly known as a sculptor.

          He lives and works in a small village in southern Germany, maintaining studios in New York and South India.

          His work has been exhibited worldwide in many of the most important galleries and museums.

          I studied medicine – with idealism, but before I completed my degree, I realized I would still become an artist.

        1. I studied medicine – with idealism, but before I completed my degree, I realized I would still become an artist.
        2. Wolfgang Laib creates sculptures and installations where the past and present seem to be at one.
        3. Wolfgang Laib .
        4. Wolfgang Laib was born in in Metzingen, Germany.
        5. Laib was trained in medicine in his native Germany but turned to art in the early '70s after several trips to India.

          6. 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.

          He became world-renowned for his "Milkstones", a pure geometry of white marble made complete with milk, as well as his vibrant installatio