Karl Fritsch

Artist Bio

Challenging the conventions of both sculpture and jewelry making, Munich-based artist Karl Fritsch creates rings that read as
miniature sculptures. Often intricately constructed yet coarsely finished, Fritsch’s rings are marked by rough, oxidized finishes and
detectable fingerprints, conveying the urgency of the rings’ materialization. He playfully mixes high and low materials, giving
equal billing to diamonds, rubies, plastic pearls and glass gemstones. By making all his sculptures wearable in the form of rings,
Fritsch liberates his media from static presentation and creates an unprecedented intimacy to the works, simultaneously
subverting the notion that jewelry is mere décor and that sculpture must be admired at a distance.