Raven head down sculpture by Ottmar Hörl - Raven head down

HÖRL engraved

with artist's signature (limited)

without artist's signature

Artist: Ottmar Hörl

The design

Ottmar Hörl, a multidisciplinary German artist, is internationally recognized for his avant-garde style and his boldness in undertaking colossal projects. Whether through sculptures, serial sculpture installations, photography, or conceptual objects, his goal is to offer a type of art accessible to everyone, notably by democratizing sculpture through the exhibition of gigantic and radical projects in public spaces. Today, it is his Ben garden gnome, presented in Cologne for the first time in 2005, that contributes to his great renown: his installations are regularly exhibited in European capitals. A fan of the democratization of art, he uses simple materials like PVC. Highly involved in the world of Fine Arts, he was one of the founding members of the Academy of Nuremberg in 1999, of which he became president in 2005. He has been awarded numerous prizes for his great creativity and his radical and offensive vision for the promotion of the democratization of sculpture. Furthermore, he was a founding member of the Fomalhaut group in 1985: a design, art, and architecture studio where he contributed to the design of impressive pieces in collaboration with architects, such as Living Room: a contemporary residence in the medieval center of Gelnhausen, Germany.