Milkstone1998–2001Marble and milk62 ⅓ × 28 ¾ × 23 ¼ inches© Wolfgang Laib
Rice House2009Marble and rice8 ¼ × 4 ½ × 39 inches© Wolfgang Laib
Temple Water Basin near Sharvana Belgola, South India2001Gelatin silver print8 × 10 inches© Wolfgang Laib
Zikkurat / Ziggurat2003Burmese red lacquer on wood94 × 124 ⅘ × 26 inchesPhoto: Helge Kirchberger
© Wolfgang Laib
Es gibt keinen Anfang und kein Ende / There Is No Beginning and No End1999–2001Beeswax, wooden understructure244 × 51 ⅛ × 224 ½ eachInstallation view: Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, 2002–2003
© Wolfgang Laib
Untitled2005Three guard houses on wood panel23 ⅝ × 19 ⅔ × 55 ⅛ inchesPhoto: Johansen Krause
© Wolfgang Laib
Treppe / Stairs2006Burmese black lacquer on wood98 ½ × 63 ⅕ × 22 inchesPhoto: Ulrich Ghezzi
© Wolfgang Laib
Wohin gehst Du?/Where are you going?2007Four triangles: Indian granite, turmeric, soot, and oil25 ⅗ × 31 ½ × 4 inches, 30 × 30 × 4 ⅓ inches, 21 × 15 × 4 ⅓ inches, 21 × 27 ½ × 3 inchesPhoto: Helge Kirchberger
© Wolfgang Laib
Untitled2007Eight triangles from beeswax, wood constructioneach triangle 149 ⅗ × 59 × 19 ⅔ inches overall, each triangle 16 ½–17 ⅓ × 21 ⅔ × 11 ⅘ inchesPhoto: Helge Kirchberger
© Wolfgang Laib
Ohne Zeit - ohne Ort - ohne Körper / Without Time - Without Place - Without Body2007Rice mounds, three mounds of hazelnut pollen15 ½ × 13 ½ feetPhoto: Helge Kirchberger
© Wolfgang Laib
Rice House2007–08Black Indian granite, black smoke, sunflower oil, rice6 × 5 ½ × 34 ¼ inches© Wolfgang Laib
The cobra snakes are coming out of the well at night - or - : from me alone all has risen, in me all exists, in me all dissolves (kaivalya upanisad)2007–08233 clay pots with ashes on three metal tables, 100 oil lamps on two metal trays, nine snakes out of metal2 ⅙ × 2 ⅝ × 28 feet overall© Wolfgang Laib
The cobra snakes are coming out of the well at night - or - : from me alone all has risen, in me all exists, in me all dissolves (kaivalya upanisad)detail2007–08233 clay pots with ashes on three metal tables, 100 oil lamps on two metal trays, nine snakes out of metal2 ⅙ × 2 ⅝ × 28 feet overall© Wolfgang Laib
Untitled2007/08Five metal snakesheights: 83 ½, 66, 55, 41 ¼, 30 ¾ inches© Wolfgang Laib
Untitled2008Pencil and oil pastel on paper15 × 10 ⅚ inches© Wolfgang Laib
Rice House2007–2008Red Indian granite, butter with red pigment, rice6 ⅔ × 4 × 27 ½ inchesInstallation view: Gian Enzo Sperone, Sent, Switzerland, 2009
© Wolfgang Laib
Exhibition view: "Wolfgang Laib"2009Gian Enzo Sperone, Sent, Switzerland
© Wolfgang Laib
Pensatoio2009Wax chamber, beeswaxapproximately 8 × 10 × 19 feetInstallation view: Gian Enzo Sperone, Sent, Switzerland, 2009
© Wolfgang Laib
Mahayagna, Fondazione Merz, Torinoperformance view2009© Wolfgang Laib
Mahayagna, Fondazione Merz, Torinoperformance views2009© Wolfgang Laib
Without Beginning and Without Endforeground2005Beeswax, wooden understructure14 ½ × 3 ¼ × 14 ⅓ feetBack: The Wall of Passage, 2013; Brass ships, rice, wood and steel; 6 ¾ x 71–161 x 12 inches each
© Wolfgang Laib
