Wolfgang Laib

Ship, 2011
brass, rice
height: 7 inches (17.8 cm)
length: 27 inches (68.6 cm)
width: 6 inches (15.2 cm)
WL-161 + WL-162 (installation view)

Frieze of Life, 2009
34 clay pots, white ashes, wooden shelf
dimensions variable
WL-98

Rice House, 2009
marble
8 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 39 inches
(21 x 12 x 99 cm)
WL-104

Rice House, 2008/2009
sealing wax, wood, rice
8 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (22 x 47 x 47 cm)
WL-128

Rice House, 2007
red Indian granite, red ghee
6 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches (16 x 8 x 46 cm)
WL-33

Rice House, 2007
black Indian granite, black smoke, sunflower oil and rice
6 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (17 x 19 x 37 cm)
WL-37

Untitled, 2007
two beeswax triangles on wooden shelf
each triangle: 17 x 22 x 12 1/2 inches
(43 x 56 x 32 cm)
shelf: 13 3/4 x 54 1/4 inches
(35 x 138 cm)
WL-46

Rice House, 1986/2006
silver sheet on wood, rice
3 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches (9.6 x 5.7 x 18.9 cm)
WL-129

Milkstone, 1998-2000
white marble, milk
2 3/8 x 10 1/4 x 13 inches (6 x 26 x 33 cm)
WL-96

Rice House, 1996
white marble
7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 33 7/8 inches
(19 x 19 x 86 cm)
WL-95

Untitled (Ship), 1996
beeswax, wooden construction
19 3/4 x 74 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches
(50.2 x 189.2 x 51.4 cm)
WL-12

The Rice Meals , 1983
33 brass plates, rice and hazelnut pollen
approximate length: 640 inches
(1625.6 cm)
WL-30

Untitled, 2010
5 part work, pencil and oil pastel on paper
5 drawings: 12 5/8 x 17 3/4 inches (32 x 45 cm) each
WL-136a-e

Untitled, 2010
pencil and oil pastel on paper
paper: 15 3/4 x 19 3/8 inches (40 x 49.2 cm)
WL-141

Untitled, 2010
pencil and oil pastel on paper
paper: 11 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches (29.5 x 24.5 cm)
WL-145

Untitled, 2010
pencil and oil pastel on paper
paper: 8 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (21.4 x 34 cm)
WL-156

My place is placeless,
My trace is traceless -
It is neither body nor soul. - Rumi, 2007
pencil and oil pastel on paper
unframed: 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches
(52 x 42 cm)
framed: 27 3/8 x 20 1/8 inches
(69.5 x 51.1 cm)
WL-85

Untitled, 2006
pencil and oil pastel on paper
20 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches
(52 x 42 cm)
WL-80

Without Place - without Time - without Body, 2006
pencil and oil pastel on paper
16 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (42 x 52 cm)
WL-81

Installation view of
Grain of Emptiness
at the Rubin Museum of Art,
New York
November 5, 2010 -
April 11, 2011
All photographs: David de A

Installation view of
Grain of Emptiness
at the Rubin Museum of Art,
New York
November 5, 2010 -
April 11, 2011

Installation view of
Grain of Emptiness
at the Rubin Museum of Art,
New York
November 5, 2010 -
April 11, 2011

Installation view of
Grain of Emptiness
at the Rubin Museum of Art,
New York
November 5, 2010 -
April 11, 2011