Christian Lemmerz

 

Danish artist Christian Lemmerz (b. 1959) is known for his aesthetics of decay and his daring combinations of clashing materials. Lemmerz is educated as a classical sculptor, but works within a wide range of media. He is co-founder of the studio Værkstedet Værst in 1981. He also enjoys drawing, painting and doing performances, theatre and video. Lemmerz art is full of contradictions. He confronts us with the sacred, pathos, illness, death and depravation, but also profanity and elements of kitsch. Also his choice of conflicting materials can seem provocative. He challenges the classical sculptural tradition by using organic and perishable materials such as blood and dung from animals in combination with lasting and beautiful materials such as plaster, marble and bronze.