Julian Voss-Andreae

Julian Voss-Andreae (born 15 August 1970) is a German sculptor living and working in the U.S. Voss-Andreae's full first name is Johann Julian, in honor of his ancestor, German pastor Johann Valentin Andreae.According to an interview with the artist, Voss-Andreae attended a Rudolf Steiner school in Germany from grades 9 to 13.Voss-Andreae pursued his graduate research in quantum physics in Anton Zeilinger's research group, participating in an experiment demonstrating quantum behavior for the largest objects to date.His work includes protein sculptures,[4] such as Angel of the West (2008),[1][5] a large-scale outdoor sculpture for the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida portraying the human antibody molecule, a sculpture for Nobel laureate Roderick MacKinnon based on the ion channel structure,[6] and the quantum physics-inspired Quantum Man (2006).[9] In 2020 he was awarded the Waltrude-and-Friedrich-Liebau-prize for the Promotion of Interdisciplinarity in Crystallography by the German Crystallographic Society.
Heart of Steel ( Hemoglobin ) (2005) by Julian Voss-Andreae. The images show the 5' (1.60 m) tall sculpture right after installation, after 10 days, and after several months of exposure to the elements.
HemoglobinsculptorJohann Valentin AndreaeRudolf SteinerHamburgGermanythe universities of BerlinEdinburghViennaAnton Zeilinger'sPacific Northwest College of ArtAngel of the WestScripps Research InstituteantibodyRoderick MacKinnonion channelquantum physicsQuantum ManAmerican Center for PhysicsA. ZeilingerBibcodeWayback MachineAlpha HelixLinus Pauling