PUBLISHER
Hatje Cantz

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 11 x 12.25 in. / 120 pgs / 55 color.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 3/1/2006
Out of print

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: SPRING 2006 p. 107

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9783775717366 TRADE
List Price: $55.00 CAD $65.00

AVAILABILITY
Not available

TERRITORY
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Essays by Philippe Büttner, Katharina Schmidt and Christoph Vitali. Conversations with Ulf Kster and Harald Szeemann.

Wolfgang Laib's extraordinarily concentrated installations are touching in an immediate and fundamental way, perhaps because they also address various levels of early childhood consciousness. Beeswax tunnels are redolent with an overwhelming scent of sweet honey and pollen; powdery piles of pollen are such a luminous yellow that you want to put your hands in them and play. Visitors to the installations are opened up, become aware of the energetic presence of the natural materials shown, and are prepared for a spiritual and intellectual encounter with the work's symbolic content. This retrospective monograph establishes the unique position and great power of Laib's work.