In 1964, Jürgen Wittdorf created the series "Youth and Sport" as a commissioned work for the German University of Physical Culture (DHfK) in Leipzig. At just 32 years old, he achieved a masterpiece in the form of large-format woodcuts and linocuts – impressive both artistically and technically. The series also reveals a political dimension: competitive sports were used for propaganda purposes in East Germany. Wittdorf, himself homosexual, could not express this openly – his homoerotic depictions went unnoticed by the cultural officials.

Kai Teichert, born in Würzburg in 1965, studied sculpture at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, followed by painting at the Städelschule State University of Fine Arts in Frankfurt am Main. There, he simultaneously studied human medicine at Goethe University. The human body, its spirit, and its drives became the central theme of his artistic work.

Since 1993, Kai Teichert has lived and worked as a freelance artist in Berlin. He held several teaching positions at the Berlin University of the Arts, the Berlin Art Institute, and the Freie Kunstakademie Frankfurt am Main, but preferred to dedicate himself to his numerous solo exhibitions, installations, and projects in Europe and the USA. His works are held in important museums (including the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art New York City, the Czech National Theater Prague) and in many collections.