Wolfgang Laib Wax Room

You have described it as a small space dug out of the rock on a mountainside having the dimensions of a human being entirely covered in beeswax and with a small wooden door.

Wolfgang laib wax room.

Over the course of a few days in late. In 2013 laib s pollen from hazelnut was on view at the museum of modern art new york and the laib wax room opened at the phillips collection in march of the same year. We are transported inside a beehive but instead of swarming bees we find ourselves. It is also the first permanently installed artwork at the phillips collection in washington d c since the museum s rothko room opened in 1960.

Wolfgang laib a 63 year old conceptual artist from germany created the meditative space. German artist wolfgang laib b. A wax room for a mountain for parkett no. 1950 installs a wax room at the phillips collection the first permanently installed artwork at the phillips since the rothko room in 1960 and the first wax room.

One of your most recent projects involves an actual mountain a wax room for the mountain. 1950 for a specific museum. 1950 installed the work in a space he helped to select in the original phillips house. Wolfgang laib was born in 1950 in metzingen germany.

Inspired by the teachings of the ancient taoist philosopher laozi by the modern artist brancusi and the legacy of formative life experiences with his family in germany and india laib creates sculptures that seem to connect that past and present the ephemeral and the eternal. Wolfgang laib installing the wax room. The opening to what was once a small storage closet has been narrowed to better frame views of wolfgang laib s wax room a new and permanent installation at the phillips collection the old. A conversation with wolfgang laib by sarah tanguy.

The sights smells and practically the taste consume our senses. Lined with fragrant beeswax and illuminated by a single bare light bulb wax room 2013 is the first permanent wax room created by german artist wolfgang laib b. It would be a. Instead of dripping honey we find a solitary hanging lightbulb.

39 was created in 1994 by wolfgang laib in conceptual art style. A major solo exhibition of his work was presented at masi lugano in switzerland in 2017 18. Photo by rhiannon newman.