Wolfgang Laib

This book was printed on the occasion of Wolfgang Laib's exhibition in the pavilion of the Federal Republic of Germany, Venice Biennale 1982. Laib's work is challenging to classify. It may be grouped with Land Art or Process Art, and he shows influences of Minimalism. Informed by the purity and simplicity of Eastern philosophies, he employs natural materials, most notably milk, pollen, beeswax, rice and marble. His works are more complex than being just about nature and the natural world. They involve ritual, repetition, process, and a demand for contemplation.