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Each of the impressive faces has its own character and yet is universal. Each head bears unmistakable features that expressively show what it means to be human. Josef Kostner's creations are not portraits in the traditional sense: they symbolize a state, a feeling.

The human face has interested artist Josef Kostner throughout his life because it is undoubtedly the most meaningful, personal and revealing feature of the human being. Moreover, the face is the most expressive and communicative part of the human body. Alexej von Jawlensky said of his central theme of the human face: "I …