1955 Born in Bad Kreuznach Received a diploma in sculpture with Anton Berger at the Applied University of Art and Design, Cologne
1985 Cofounded the group Pentagon
1987 Exhibited Pentagon Casino at Documenta 8, Kassel
Since 1992 he has lived in Cologne, where he has been a professor at the Köln International School of Design (KISD)
Wolfgang Laubersheimer is one of Germany’s most famous avant-garde designers. The provenance of his highly functional work is the discipline of design, but its appearance suggests a strange proximity to sculpture, his original field.
The exhibition shows novel radiating objects, a new interpretation of the design icon "Gespanntes Regal" and transformed pieces of the past. They promote unexpectedly, and they promote the unexpected: the apparent contradiction between gentle and rough, gentle and brutal. In this opposition – heavy steal bodies woo tiny menacing lights – we find the tense-filled irony that Laubersheimer sees as an answer to his fear of romanticism.
