Rainer Lagemann

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About the artwork

Each of Rainer Lagemann's work stretches the limits of his innovative medium, going further in his quest, catching human bodies in motion and interaction with their environment - they appear climbing, running, flying, and diving, among others. Always challenging his creativity, Lagermann offers to the viewer unlimited ranges of possibilities: the hollow squares and his limitless imagination and exploration leave a powerful vision of the human body and spirit, and challenges the viewer to interact with the sculptures and fill the open spaces with their own imagination. In this Piece titled Schadenfreude, he creates a sculpture of a human in the process of falling or slipping. Rainer explains that he uses the German concept of 'Schadenfreude' which is to derive pleasure from others misfortunes, to conjure an element of comedy at the sculptures misfortune in the mind of the viewer and that even though it is a tragic event it actually portrays something funny.

About the artist

Born in Dusseldorf, Germany, Rainer Lagemann has lived in San Francisco Bay Area since 1988. Today Lagemann resides in Miami, where he creates modern metal sculptures from small steel squares, welding them into modern interpretations of the human body or abstract variations of contemporary sculptures. Trained as an interior architect, Lagemann arrived to sculpture later in his life, but his unique treatment of material and subject matter earned him immediate international recognition. Rainer’s works have been exhibited around the world, including Canada, Singapore, Europe, and dozens of world-renowned art fairs, and are also part of prestigious private and corporate collections