Carsten Holler - Red Baby Whale

• polyurenthane, enamel and faux eyelashes
• Executed in 1995
• price upon request

Born in 1961, German artist Carsten Höller grew up in Brussels. He holds a doctorate in agricultural science and, despite only starting to make art in the 1980s, he also worked as a research entomologist until 1994. Drawing upon his scientific background, Höller typically presents the viewer with confusing or unexpected installations, intended to challenge the viewer into introspection and create a sense of perplexity and excitement coupled with a profound sense of unease. His practice is primarily concerned with human behavioural patterns, altered mental states and questioning logic and visual perception. Höller’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the Centre Pompidou di Parigi; Tate Collection, London; Luma Foundation, Arles and the Fondazione Prada, Milan, where the present work was included in the artist’s 2000-2001 solo exhibition Synchro System.