Cerbera Gallery

Kaspar Thomas Lenk was a German sculptor and printmaker known primarily for his stacked sculptures. His works use bright, highly saturated colors contrasted against an industrial aesthetic such as polished steel or bronze. “Art as art must be absorbed in artistic thinking, comprehensively and practiced on a daily basis,” he once said about his approach. Lenk was born on June 15, 1933 in Berlin, Germany. He spent his childhood in Thuringia, Germany and later in Württemberg. In 1950, he briefly studied at Stuttgart Art Academy before instead training to become a stonemason, developing skills that he later used in his art. He made his first sculpture in 1952 and in 1954 established himself in as a free artist, though a year later...