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    Artwork Survey: 2010s

    Wolfgang Laib
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    • Vibhuti
      2011
      Clay pots, white vibhuti and wood
      7 ⅞ × 78 ¾ × 15 ¾ inches

      © Wolfgang Laib

    • Brahmanda
      2011
      Black granite and oil
      21 ¼ × 21 ¼ × 37 ½ inches

      Exhibition view: Passageway, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India

      Photo: Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

      © Wolfgang Laib

    • Unlimited Ocean
      detail
      2011

      Installation view: Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

      Photo: James Prinz

      © Wolfgang Laib

    • Untitled
      2011
      White oil pastel and pencil on paper
      12 ⅖ × 12 ⅖ inches

      © Wolfgang Laib

    • Without place – without time – without body
      2011
      Oil pastel and pencil on Burmese paper
      13 ½ × 8 ½ inches

      © Wolfgang Laib

    • Passageway. Inside - Downside
      2011–12
      Fifty-two brass ships
      5 ⅛ × 6 × 22–30 inches each

      Photo: Ulrich Ghezzi

      © Wolfgang Laib

    • Passageway
      2013
      Seven brass ships, rice
      18 × 128 × 102 inches overall

      Installation view: Sperone Westwater, New York, NY, 2013

      © Wolfgang Laib

    • Without Beginning and Without End
      foreground
      2005
      Beeswax, wooden understructure
      14 ½ × 3 ¼ × 14 ⅓ feet

      Back: The Wall of Passage, 2013; Brass ships, rice, wood and steel; 6 ¾ x 71–161 x 12 inches each

      © Wolfgang Laib

    • From the Known to the Unknown – to Where is Your Oracle Leading You
      2013
      Underground beeswax corridor
      approximately 17 × 6 ½ × 131 feet

      Installation view: La Ribaute, Barjac, France

      © Wolfgang Laib

    • Wax Room (Where have you gone—where are you going?)
      2013

      Permanent installation: The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, USA

      Photo: Lee Stalsworth

      © The Phillips Collection

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