Talya Lubinsky : marble dust / with poems by Sarah Godsell and an essay by Nnenna Onuoha ; editors, Daniela Leykam, Christoph Tannert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lubinsky, Talya, 1988- sculptor.

Godsell, Sarah, 1985- writer of supplementary textual content.

Onuoha, Nnenna, writer of supplementary textual content.

Leykam, Daniela, editor.

Tannert, Christoph, 1955- editor.

Künstlerhaus Bethanien, host institution.

Series:

Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Series)

Künstlerhaus Bethanien

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lubinsky, Talya, 1988---Exhibitions.

Lubinsky, Talya.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Marble dust

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Künstlerhaus Bethanien ; Frankfurt am Main : KFW Stiftung ; Dortmund : Verlag Kettler, [2020]

Summary:

Talya Lubinsky (born 1988 in South Africa) meticulously explores basic materials in her works which she uses to convey poetic meaning. The book presents her latest work ?Marble Dust?. In the course of her research on cemeteries in South Africa, the artist discovered a place where political prisoners were buried who had been sentenced to death by the apartheid state in the 1960s. The remains of the murdered activists were disinterred between 2016 and 2019, and their bodies that had crumbled to dust were returned to their families.00For her project, Lubinsky studied the old ledgers that list grave numbers, names, and dates. She traced the outlines of their pages ? most of which are torn ? onto marble and cut out the shapes.00In this way, she has impressively reversed the vulnerability of paper and has translated it into a durable material that is composed of calcium, as are bones, and is frequently used for tombstones. The specific qualities of the material in Lubinsky?s art therefore act as a catalyst for reflection on their meaning.00Exhibition: Künsterhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (17.01. - 09.02.2020).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 32).

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, January 17 - February 9, 2020.

ISBN:

9783862068647

3862068641

OCLC:

1240702593

Publisher Number:

9783862068647