In his Los Angeles cactus garden, artist Klaus Rinke’s philosophy roots his living sculptures

Contorting his own body into various sculptural forms, German conceptual artist Klaus Rinke marked his place on the Dusseldorf art scene of the ‘70s by becoming his installations. Sixty years on, his ‘living sculptures’ have come to translate a lifelong obsession with cacti – their naturally-occurring geometry manipulated into the striking structures of his Los Angeles cactus garden.…read more at nowness.com _______________________________________ Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nowness Like NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nowness Daily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness