Teddy Bear sculpture by Ottmar Hörl - Teddy bear

HÖRL engraved

with artist's signature (limited)

without artist's signature

Artist: Ottmar Hörl

Date 2007

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, photographs, 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 for the first time in Cologne in 2005, that contributes to his great fame: his installations are regularly exhibited in European capitals. Passionate about 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 Nuremberg Academy in 1999, becoming its president in 2005. He has been awarded numerous prizes for his great creativity and his radical and offensive vision for promoting the democratization of sculpture. Furthermore, he was a founding member of the group Fomalhaut in 1985: a design, art, and architecture studio where he contributed to the design, in collaboration with architects, of impressive design pieces such as Living Room: a contemporary residence in the medieval center of Gelnhausen in Germany.