Wolfgang Laib (born 1950 Germany) is considered to be one of the most important artists of
today. His work is characterised by a profound relationship with nature and a declared belief
in simplicity. At the same time eastern philosophies from India have shaped his life and his
artistic practice since the 1970s. Until today the artist concentrates on just a few cyclical
groups of work.Ever since his journeys to India as a young man the idea inspired him to see
humans as part of a larger whole. He also follows this way of life in his art. Thereby the
artist tracks down the universal the eternal and works with natural materials such as pollen
rice milk or bees wax. At the Bündner Kunstmuseum he is realizing a large room-sized
installation made of thousands of rice mountains. As an important foodstuff rice symbolizes
vitality and is fundamental for our earthly existence. The process of creating this work of art
is revealed in the book and is related to a conversation between Wolfgang Laib and the
internationally renowned Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. With this book Wolfgang Laib reveals
the spiritual dimension of art and leads us directly to the sources of his poetics.
