The book Marble appears to be a slab of stone. Artist Tauba Auerbach scanned a piece of marble repeatedly after grinding off one small layer at a time. The scans were printed digitally and became the pages of the book. The result is that the viewer can “flip” through the stone tomographically, like an MRI scan. The edges of the book are hand painted to align with the images of the stone printed on each page.
Binding construction by Daniel E. Kelm and Leah Hughes.
Digital offset printing, Mohawk superfine paper, 55 pages, hand painted edges.
Held in private collections.
You may request to see Marble at:
-
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Marble was included in Tauba Auerbach’s solo exhibition Tetrachromat, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium, March 22–June 2, 2013. The exhibition was initiated by Bergen Kunsthall, and is a collaboration between Malmö Konsthall and WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels.
Marble was included in Tauba Auerbach’s solo exhibition Tetrachromat, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden, March 17–June 10, 2012. The exhibition was initiated by Bergen Kunsthall, and is a collaboration between Malmö Konsthall and WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels.
Marble was included in Tauba Auerbach’s solo exhibition Tetrachromat, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway, November 11–December 22, 2011. The exhibition was initiated by Bergen Kunsthall, and is a collaboration between Malmö Konsthall and WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels.
Marble was exhibited in Tauba Auerbach’s solo show, A Book is Not an X, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, New York, 2011.