Friedensreich Hundertwasser: Building Whimsical Artsy ‘Castles’ To Life
Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Never heard of him before? But I bet you’ve seen some of his works somewhere on the internet? You haven’t? Well, then let me introduce you to this fawesome guy. Wikipedia said he’s an Austrian-born New Zealand artist. He originally was a painter, but later on decided to expand his art into architecture. "He was unconventional and rebellious and stated that “the straight line leads to the downfall of humanity.” He applied this rule to both his paintings as well as buildings, resulting in uneven floors and sometimes dangerously low ceilings. But the straight line wasn’t his only worry: he was an environmental activist concerned about our human relation to nature and addressing issues such as the quality of the air (“we are suffocating in our cities from poison and a lack of oxygen”)and dangers of nuclear power plants, through his art practice." What I love about him is he liv...