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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.

Front view of tonerchromeS — Triptych by LAb[au], composed of three framed black photocopy monochromes

tonerchromeS-triptych

UNIQUE EDITION - PHOTOCOPY EDITION

tonerchromeS-triptych
A unique monochrome produced by copying daylight

  • Edition Details

    LAb[au], Manuel Abendroth
    2024
    3 × A4 photocopies, laminated and varnished
    Black-anodised aluminium frames without glass
    Overall size: 66 × 33 cm
    signed and stamped at the reverse
    Unique Edition, unnumbered variant from the tonerchromeS series

  • Description

    tonerchromeS triptych

    Three unique photocopies are assembled to form a single monochrome. Each A4 sheet follows the same protocol: with the photocopier lid left open, daylight is copied onto the same sheet repeatedly. This act of painting with light gradually transforms the page into deep darkness.

    As toner accumulates, the sheets record traces of their own production: imprints of the machine’s mechanical parts, irregularities and copying errors, each each resulting in a unique black-on-black texture. A device designed to reproduce the same result is pushed to its limits and instead produces difference.

    The triptych becomes a monochrome of the impossibility of reproduction, suspended between the intentional and the accidental. It explores entropy with the tools of today, replacing the brush with the photocopier.

  • Shipping

    This unique artwork is ready for dispatch. Please allow up to five working days for preparation. Shipping costs are calculated according to destination. The work is shipped in protective art packaging.

€1,350.00Price

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