An extraordinary collection of texts and images compiled by Wolfgang Laib
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Wolfgang Laib
The Beginning of Something Else
"Wolfgang Laib: The Beginning of Something Else" combines texts that are particularly important for the artist’s creative work, together with a variety of selected images. Included are, for example, passages from the "Epic of Gilgamesh", a poem by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma, and thoughts by Friedrich Nietzsche.
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The texts and images are combined to create an unusual publication, which reflects Wolfgang Laib’s (b. 1950) interest in literature as well as some of the most important sources of inspiration for his sensitive work. This collection reveals Wolfgang Laib in a subtle and personal way. It sheds light on an artist whose work, which dates back to the 1970s, has questioned our treatment of nature, and thus could not be more topical.
press commentaries
Es sind einfache Dinge, mit denen Wolfgang Laib die Kunstwelt verzückt – und oft sogar tief bewegt. // It is simple things with which Wolfgang Laib enraptures the art world - and often even moves it deeply.
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Die Beständigkeit der Schau macht sie so sehenswert. // The consistency of the show is what makes it so worth seeing.
Spiegel
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Text: English / German
352 pages, 150 colour illustrations, 1 fold-out
13.2 x 18 cm, softcover with flaps and dust jacket
352 pages, 150 colour illustrations, 1 fold-out
13.2 x 18 cm, softcover with flaps and dust jacket
ISBN: 978-3-7774-4196-2
Events
Stuttgart
| Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Keywords
Contemporary art, sculpture, 21st century
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