Sculpture "Sea Lion" (2010)
Sculpture "Sea Lion" (2010)
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Made in Germany | limited, 250 copies | signed | plastic | size 52 x 85 x 65 cm (h/w/d) | weatherproof
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Sculpture "Sea Lion" (2010)
An installation for an exhibition in 2010 with sea lions in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
When Mülheim an der Ruhr was crowned as the Capital of Culture, the Aquarius Water Museum presented a new exhibition area: virtual water. With the installation of 300 sea lion objects, Ottmar Hörl transformed the museum forecourt into a walk-in floor sculpture.
Art object made of weatherproof, unbreakable and non-toxic plastic in rotational moulding process in Germany. All ingredients come from Germany and are subject to constant quality control. Black. Limited edition 250 copies, signed. Size 52 x 85 x 65 cm (h/w/d).
About Ottmar Hörl
Ottmar Hörl (born 1950) is one of the most important contemporary German artists.
His sculptural work deals with the theme of standardisation and the equalisation of everyday objects that surround us in so many ways in our lives. But he does it in an extremely humorous way, and his "exhibitions" resemble magnificent spectacles when, for example, he "carries" a giant swarm of owls to Athens, sets up hundreds of bears in front of the Brandenburg Gate or displays 1,000 meerkats on a "staff outing" - all made of brightly coloured plastic.
"Concentrated in a square or distributed in the urban space, my installations become visual as well as tangible obstacles. They are meant to trigger reflection, a moment of pause."
His most famous action was dedicated to the artist Dürer and his world-famous watercolour of a hare. In 2003, no more and no less than 7,000 rabbits filled the main market square in Nuremberg for the "Great Rabbit Piece".
From 1975 to 1979 Ottmar Hörl studied at the Städelschule Academy of Fine Arts in Frankfurt am Main, and from 1981 at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts as a student of Klaus Rinke. In 1985 he founded the group "Formalhaut" with the architects Gabriela Seifert and Götz G. Stöckmann. In the early 1990s, Hörl was a visiting professor at the Graz University of Technology. Since 1999 he has held a professorship for fine arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, and between October 2005 and October 2017 he was president of the academy.
Through his works, Hörl is engaged with the aesthetics of everyday culture. He defines the term as an "organisational principle" and detects this principle in his environment, in which many objects of daily use are standardised and normed.
His works can be found in many national and international collections. Ottmar Hörl lives and works in Nuremberg and Wertheim.
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Stone casting
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Bonded Bronze (Cold-Cast-Bronze)
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Imitation Wood
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