I obey the material, not the other way around.
- Max Kohn
Born on the 17th of November 1954, (practically under the counter of our little store, my mother however managed to make it to our red divan, a nice piece of furniture for giving birth to an artist) in Esch/Alzette, Luxemburg.
When I was nine months old, I ran like a bat out of hell, when I was 20 months old, polio stopped me in my tracks and slowed down my ability to move all the way until I could not move at all anymore. From then on I had a lot of time and leisure to observe my environment from the perspective of a reptile. Perhaps that is why I became an artist, my eyes moved more intensively than my legs.
I obey the material, not the other way around.
- Max Kohn