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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.

incomparable

incomparable

PRINT EDITION
Colour names: MARIN + PLACEBO
French Colour Anagram
from the series: What Colours Tell Us About …?
 
incomparable is a French adjective meaning “incomparable”.
PLACEBO is a colour created by Stuart Semple in homage to the band Placebo.
 
A paradoxical statement of fact:
A placebo exists only in comparison with the real.
Language becomes a placebo for the materiality of colour.
MARIN evokes water—the principal substance of many placebos.

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Only a selection of colour anagrams is presented in the store. 
Download the catalogue of available English, French and German anagrams (PDF) →
 
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  • Edition Details

    Year: 2025
    Size: 25.5 cm × 35.5 cm
    Digital print mounted on wood
    Signed, numbered and stamped on the reverse
    Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof
    Produced to order

    This is Edition: 1/3

  • Description

    Writing with Colours begins with colour names and treats their letters as chromatic material. Combining MARIN and PLACEBO forms incomparable. The resulting French adjective sets up a paradox: a placebo can only be understood in comparison with what is real. Language becomes a placebo for the materiality of colour—a word taking the place of the substance it names while generating a possible meaning from the encounter.

     

    What Colours Tell Us About …? is an open-ended body of individual colour anagrams. The 25.5 × 35.5 cm format was developed specifically for the project’s editions. It gives selected anagrams a common format, while the proportion of each colour field remains determined by the number of letters contributed by its colour name.

    The edition format allows individual anagrams to circulate independently and to enter into new linguistic and chromatic constellations.

  • 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 Constellation

    Writing with Colours can extend across several anagrams:

    melangeront | incomparable
    Together, the works suggest: mélangeront l’incomparable — “they will mix the incomparable.”

    View the suggested edition:
    melangeront — GRENAT + MELON

€350.00Price
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