The Story Behind Laocoon

Gao Yutao
The Story Behind Laocoon (拉奥孔背后的真相), 2025
Inkjet print, aluminum frame
65 x 47 cm
2/10 + 2 AP
 
ABOUT THE ARTIST
 
Gao Yutao (b. 1988, Hunan, China) works and lives in Shanghai. He received his postgraduate degree from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 2019, where he was appointed Meisterschüler (honorary master student) under Professor Katharina Fritsch. Gao’s practice engages with themes of memory, time, and the everyday object. Working across photography, installation, video, and print, he seeks to poetically transform the mundane functionality of ordinary things, allowing them to generate new relationships and emotions.