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LAb[au] Editions presents art in the form of publications. Many recent projects have generated libraries, archives, and cabinets whose conceptual frameworks rely on reproduction, iteration, seriality, and multiplication.

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Many of these works emerge from extensive processes of research and development. These processes often generate extensive series of results that require reproducible material forms—digital prints, photocopies, colour samples, index cards, folders, or other formats. In these formats, the underlying concepts find precise material expression. For some, the edition constitutes the very form through which the work exists.

 

LAb[au] Editions creates a dedicated field in which these works can be produced under viable conditions and circulated directly at accessible prices.

Through an autonomous structure of publication and distribution, LAb[au] Editions preserves the integrity of each work while remaining complementary to our collaborations with galleries.

 

The value of these artist books, monographs, multiples, and limited or open editions lies in their distinct material and conceptual qualities, in the knowledge and experience they make accessible, and in the engagement with our work and research that they enable.

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Made to circulate—to be read, handled, collected, and shared.

demonical binaries

demonical binaries

PRINT EDITION
 
demonical binaries, diptych
(binary oppositions taking on a demonic character)
 
resulting from the anagrams of the colour names:
COLA + DENIM
BEAN + IRIS
 
demonical
of, relating to, or characteristic of a demon; demonic
binaries
pairs or systems composed of two distinct, opposing or mutually exclusive elements
 
COLA - a dark caramel brown named after the characteristic colour of cola drinks
DENIM - an indigo blue named after denim fabric; the word derives from the French de Nîmes—“from Nîmes”
BEAN - a descriptive colour name drawn from the natural tones of beans, ranging from pale cream to deep reddish brown; here used as a light, warm off-white
IRIS -a blue-violet colour named after its iris flower
 
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English anagrams of colour names from the series:
What Colours Tell Us About ...? 
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  • Edition Details

    Year: 2024
    Size: 2 × 25.5 × 35.5 cm
    Digital print mounted on wood
    Signed, numbered and stamped on the reverse
    Edition of 3 + 1 artist’s proof
    Produced to order

    This is Edition: 1/3

  • Description

    demonical binaries originates from What Colours Tell Us About…? – America, a thematic selection of colour anagrams first assembled for an invited exhibition. Each colour name evokes American culture: COLA recalls Coca-Cola; DENIM, blue jeans; BEAN, a staple of American food culture; and IRIS, the flower—notably the state flower of Tennessee. Rearranging their letters produces demonical and binaries: an improbably exact and almost polemical reading of America through the language of colour.

     

    At the same time, the diptych turns back upon colour itself. Each panel is divided between two contrasting fields, reversing the relation from dark over light to light over dark. These visual binaries generate a “demonical” play of attraction and opposition. Language emerges from the colour names and, in turn, transforms how their chromatic relationships are perceived. The work remains suspended between these two systems—between what colour produces and what language makes possible.

     

  • Shipping

    This artwork is produced to order. Please allow up to two weeks for production before dispatch. Shipping costs are calculated according to destination. The work is shipped in protective art packaging.

  • Suggested Constellations

    Writing with Colours can extend across different anagrams:

    Please check out the triptych:
    disagreeance decreasingly undecreasing
    resulting from the anagrams of the following colour names:
    ACID GREEN + SEA
    ACID GREEN + SYL
    ACID GREEN + SUN

     

€800.00Price
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