Karl Manfred Rennertz

Karl Manfred Rennertz - Professor of sculpture in Detmold, Germany - paints, draws and works in wood, concrete, bronze and ceramics.

His monumental, archaic human sculptures have made him an internationally sought-after artist. Since the 1980s, he has also been blackening them with a welding torch and sometimes adding colour to them. His sculptures evolved gradually from his original naturalistic portrait style to more abstract forms.