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Gregor Schneider — Grabmal
Gregor Schneider

Grabmal

1999

A monumental yet austere sculptural work, *Grabmal* presents three imposing forms constructed from painted breeze blocks, plaster, and concrete, evoking the weight and silence of funerary architecture. Schneider transforms humble industrial materials into something profoundly loaded with psychological and existential tension, the tomb-like structures suggesting enclosure, burial, and the architecture of death. The rawness of the construction materials remains palpable beneath their painted surfaces, reinforcing the artist's characteristic blurring of the domestic, the institutional, and the sepulchral.

Medium
painted breeze blocks, plaster and concrete, in 3 parts

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Gregor Schneider, Grabmal, 1999

A monumental yet austere sculptural work, *Grabmal* presents three imposing forms constructed from painted breeze blocks, plaster, and concrete, evoking the weight and silence of funerary architecture. Schneider transforms humble industrial materials into something profoundly loaded with psychological and existential tension, the tomb-like structures suggesting enclosure, burial, and the architecture of death. The rawness of the construction materials remains palpable beneath their painted surfaces, reinforcing the artist's characteristic blurring of the domestic, the institutional, and the sepulchral.

Medium
painted breeze blocks, plaster and concrete, in 3 parts
Year
1999
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

German Artist, Male Artist, Sculpture, Three Part Work, Contemporary Artist, Concrete And Plaster, Installation Art, Monochromatic, Architecture, Funerary Theme, Somber Mood, Minimalism

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