Leche, miel, polen. Experiencias temporales y sensoriales en la obra de Wolfgang Laib: la chambre des certitudes
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Wolfgang Laib; immersive experience; sensorial art; temporality; rituality; installationAbstract
La obra de Wolfgang Laib abarca más de tres décadas y el artista se ha convertido en una de las figuras más respetadas de la escena contemporánea. Profundamente espiritual e imbuida de un sentido de ritualidad, su práctica incluye elementos de performance, escultura y arte minimalista y conceptual, además de referencias al jainismo, cristianismo e hinduismo. Empleando principalmente materiales naturales como la leche, el polen, el arroz y la miel de abeja, su trabajo es tan sensual como frágil. Este texto analiza las propuestas artísticas de Laib no como meros objetos sino como experiencia sensorial y física, centrándose en sus cualidades fragantes, hápticas y estéticas. Para ello, aquí se examina uno de los proyectos menos conocidos de Laib: una habitación de cera de abeja en los Pirineos franceses.
Este texto argumenta cómo, gracias a la paciencia, perseverancia y continuidad en su proceso artístico, Laib ofrece una concepción temporal dilatada y transformadora a través de la contemplación, la inmersión y la sensorialidad.
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