Wolfgang Laib (born 25 March 1950 in Metzingen,
(Germany) is a German artist, predominantly known as a sculptor. He
lives and works in a small village in southern Germany, maintaining
studios in New York and South India.
His work has been exhibited worldwide in many of the most
important galleries and museums. He represented Germany in the 1982
Venice Biennale and was included with his works in the Documenta 7 in 1982 and then in the Documenta 8 in 1987. In 2015 he received the Praemium Imperiale for sculpture in Tokyo, Japan.
He became world-renowned for his "Milkstones", a pure geometry of
white marble made complete with milk, as well as his vibrant
installations of pollen. In 2013 The Museum of Modern Art in New York City presented his largest pollen piece – 7 m × 8 m – in the central atrium of the museum.