Gregor Schneider
Year born:
1969
Location:
Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, Germany
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German artist Gregor Schneider has carved a unique niche for himself in the contemporary art world by focusing on the ongoing reconstruction of his family home, where he has been adding walls, partitions, and rooms. Later, he began to dismantle pieces of house, accompanied by home videos and photographs, and reconstruct them in galleries all over the world. Schneider’s perpetually expanding dwelling generates a strong sense of uncanniness and suspense. His creations call into question the relationships between identity and home, mind and architecture, and living and constructing. Schneider has received numerous awards and exhibited worldwide.