Heart of Steel (Hemoglobin) (2005) by Julian Voss-Andreae. The images show the 5' (1.60 m) tall sculpture right after installation, after 10 days, and after several months of exposure to the elements.
Julian Voss-Andreae (born 15 August 1970) is a Germansculptor living and working in the U.S.
Voss-Andreae's full first name is Johann Julian, in honor of his ancestor, German pastorJohann Valentin Andreae.According to an interview with the artist, Voss-Andreae attended aRudolf Steiner school in Germany from grades 9 to 13.[1]
Voss-Andreae was born inHamburg,Germany (formerly West Germany) and started out as a painter.[2] He later studied experimental physics atthe universities of Berlin,Edinburgh andVienna. Voss-Andreae pursued his graduate research in quantum physics inAnton Zeilinger's research group, participating in an experiment demonstrating quantum behavior for the largest objects to date.[3] He moved to the U.S. in 2000 and graduated from thePacific Northwest College of Art in 2004.
Recent work includes an exhibition at theAmerican Center for Physics displaying a series of sculptures inspired by concepts from quantum physics.[9]
In 2020 he was awarded theWaltrude-and-Friedrich-Liebau-prize for the Promotion of Interdisciplinarity in Crystallography by the German Crystallographic Society.[10]