Talya Lubinsky

Marble Dust

Daniela Leykam, Christoph Tannert, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien

$56.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

DruckVerlag Kettler
08 April 2021

Sculpture; Installation art; Individual artists, art monographs; Political oppression & persecution

Series: Künstlerhaus Bethanien

Summary
Details

"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.

For 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.

In 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.

Text in English and German.

SELLING POINTS: .

Part of the ""Künstlerhaus Bethanien"" series .

Shining the spotlight on up-and-coming young artists .

An artist's reflection on remembering and forgetting

32 colour illustrations"

By: Daniela Leykam, Christoph Tannert, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien
Imprint: DruckVerlag Kettler
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 210mm,
Weight: 232g
ISBN: 9783862068647
ISBN 10: 3862068641
Series: Künstlerhaus Bethanien
Pages: 68
Publication Date: 08 April 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active