breath2019
Artist's book comprising an atlas folio book held within a wooden box that unfolds into a lectern. Inside the box is a small installation- an onyx shelf which holds paper-thin translucent porcelain tiles with handwritten fragments of Celan’s poems inscribed by de Waal. Edition of 6.
breath
Ivorypress, Madrid
20 February – 18 May 2019
For breath, Edmund de Waal has been invited to work across Ivorypress’s three different spaces: the publishing house, the exhibition space, and the bookshop. At the heart of this project is an artist’s book, published by Ivorypress: a project that has spanned many years, looking hard into what books are, how they feel and their presence in the world. It is an homage to Romanian-born poet Paul Celan, a book about slowing down. To accompany the artist’s book, de Waal has made a series of 17 new works, including vitrines, shelves, and diptychs conceived as open books, taking inspiration from the Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán, the writer Federico García Lorca, and also from Celan. There is porcelain, marble and gilding; there is gold leaf and platinum acknowledging the silver dishes on Zurbarán’s paintings. There are objects hidden from view and there are repetitions. Alongside these works there is a reading room - a selection of 100 books inviting visitors to sit down and read. The artist’s book, the exhibition, and the reading room are conceived as a joint project.
breath (installation view)2019
Artist's book comprising an atlas folio book held within a wooden box that unfolds into a lectern. Inside the box is a small installation- an onyx shelf which holds paper-thin translucent porcelain tiles with handwritten fragments of Celan’s poems inscribed by de Waal. Edition of 6.
breath
Ivorypress, Madrid
20 February – 18 May 2019
For breath, Edmund de Waal has been invited to work across Ivorypress’s three different spaces: the publishing house, the exhibition space, and the bookshop. At the heart of this project is an artist’s book, published by Ivorypress: a project that has spanned many years, looking hard into what books are, how they feel and their presence in the world. It is an homage to Romanian-born poet Paul Celan, a book about slowing down. To accompany the artist’s book, de Waal has made a series of 17 new works, including vitrines, shelves, and diptychs conceived as open books, taking inspiration from the Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán, the writer Federico García Lorca, and also from Celan. There is porcelain, marble and gilding; there is gold leaf and platinum acknowledging the silver dishes on Zurbarán’s paintings. There are objects hidden from view and there are repetitions. Alongside these works there is a reading room - a selection of 100 books inviting visitors to sit down and read. The artist’s book, the exhibition, and the reading room are conceived as a joint project.
breath (detail)2019
Artist's book comprising an atlas folio book within a wooden box that is held within a wooden box that unfolds into a lectern, an onyx shelf inside a drawer within the box, which holds translucent porcelain tiles with handwritten fragments of Celan’s poems inscribed by de Waal. Edition of 6.
breath
Ivorypress, Madrid
20 February – 18 May 2019
For breath, Edmund de Waal has been invited to work across Ivorypress’s three different spaces: the publishing house, the exhibition space, and the bookshop. At the heart of this project is an artist’s book, published by Ivorypress: a project that has spanned many years, looking hard into what books are, how they feel and their presence in the world. It is an homage to Romanian-born poet Paul Celan, a book about slowing down. To accompany the artist’s book, de Waal has made a series of 17 new works, including vitrines, shelves, and diptychs conceived as open books, taking inspiration from the Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán, the writer Federico García Lorca, and also from Celan. There is porcelain, marble and gilding; there is gold leaf and platinum acknowledging the silver dishes on Zurbarán’s paintings. There are objects hidden from view and there are repetitions. Alongside these works there is a reading room - a selection of 100 books inviting visitors to sit down and read. The artist’s book, the exhibition, and the reading room are conceived as a joint project.
some gold across the water, II2019
3 porcelain vessels, porcelain shards, 1 marble fragment, 1 alabaster block and gold leaf in an aluminium and plexiglass vitrine
25 × 45 × 14 cm
breath
Ivorypress, Madrid
20 February – 18 May 2019
For breath, Edmund de Waal has been invited to work across Ivorypress’s three different spaces: the publishing house, the exhibition space, and the bookshop. At the heart of this project is an artist’s book, published by Ivorypress: a project that has spanned many years, looking hard into what books are, how they feel and their presence in the world. It is an homage to Romanian-born poet Paul Celan, a book about slowing down. To accompany the artist’s book, de Waal has made a series of 17 new works, including vitrines, shelves, and diptychs conceived as open books, taking inspiration from the Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán, the writer Federico García Lorca, and also from Celan. There is porcelain, marble and gilding; there is gold leaf and platinum acknowledging the silver dishes on Zurbarán’s paintings. There are objects hidden from view and there are repetitions. Alongside these works there is a reading room - a selection of 100 books inviting visitors to sit down and read. The artist’s book, the exhibition, and the reading room are conceived as a joint project.
every song2019
1 porcelain vessel, 1 marble block and gold leaf on a gilded aluminium shelf
17 × 20 × 10 cm
breath
Ivorypress, Madrid
20 February – 18 May 2019
For breath, Edmund de Waal has been invited to work across Ivorypress’s three different spaces: the publishing house, the exhibition space, and the bookshop. At the heart of this project is an artist’s book, published by Ivorypress: a project that has spanned many years, looking hard into what books are, how they feel and their presence in the world. It is an homage to Romanian-born poet Paul Celan, a book about slowing down. To accompany the artist’s book, de Waal has made a series of 17 new works, including vitrines, shelves, and diptychs conceived as open books, taking inspiration from the Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán, the writer Federico García Lorca, and also from Celan. There is porcelain, marble and gilding; there is gold leaf and platinum acknowledging the silver dishes on Zurbarán’s paintings. There are objects hidden from view and there are repetitions. Alongside these works there is a reading room - a selection of 100 books inviting visitors to sit down and read. The artist’s book, the exhibition, and the reading room are conceived as a joint project.
in this manner (detail)2019
14 porcelain vessels and 8 porcelain tiles with platinum gilding on 12 aluminium shelves
16 × 137.7 × 6.5 cm
breath
Ivorypress, Madrid
20 February – 18 May 2019
For breath, Edmund de Waal has been invited to work across Ivorypress’s three different spaces: the publishing house, the exhibition space, and the bookshop. At the heart of this project is an artist’s book, published by Ivorypress: a project that has spanned many years, looking hard into what books are, how they feel and their presence in the world. It is an homage to Romanian-born poet Paul Celan, a book about slowing down. To accompany the artist’s book, de Waal has made a series of 17 new works, including vitrines, shelves, and diptychs conceived as open books, taking inspiration from the Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán, the writer Federico García Lorca, and also from Celan. There is porcelain, marble and gilding; there is gold leaf and platinum acknowledging the silver dishes on Zurbarán’s paintings. There are objects hidden from view and there are repetitions. Alongside these works there is a reading room - a selection of 100 books inviting visitors to sit down and read. The artist’s book, the exhibition, and the reading room are conceived as a joint project.
your name (detail)2019
20 porcelain vessels, 5 alabaster blocks ,7 marble blocks and gold leaf in a pair of aluminium, wood and plexiglass vitrines
120 × 127 × 13.5 cm
breath
Ivorypress, Madrid
20 February – 18 May 2019
For breath, Edmund de Waal has been invited to work across Ivorypress’s three different spaces: the publishing house, the exhibition space, and the bookshop. At the heart of this project is an artist’s book, published by Ivorypress: a project that has spanned many years, looking hard into what books are, how they feel and their presence in the world. It is an homage to Romanian-born poet Paul Celan, a book about slowing down. To accompany the artist’s book, de Waal has made a series of 17 new works, including vitrines, shelves, and diptychs conceived as open books, taking inspiration from the Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán, the writer Federico García Lorca, and also from Celan. There is porcelain, marble and gilding; there is gold leaf and platinum acknowledging the silver dishes on Zurbarán’s paintings. There are objects hidden from view and there are repetitions. Alongside these works there is a reading room - a selection of 100 books inviting visitors to sit down and read. The artist’s book, the exhibition, and the reading room are conceived as a joint project.
your name (detail)2019
20 porcelain vessels, 5 alabaster blocks ,7 marble blocks and gold leaf in a pair of aluminium, wood and plexiglass vitrines
120 × 127 × 13.5 cm
breath
Ivorypress, Madrid
20 February – 18 May 2019
For breath, Edmund de Waal has been invited to work across Ivorypress’s three different spaces: the publishing house, the exhibition space, and the bookshop. At the heart of this project is an artist’s book, published by Ivorypress: a project that has spanned many years, looking hard into what books are, how they feel and their presence in the world. It is an homage to Romanian-born poet Paul Celan, a book about slowing down. To accompany the artist’s book, de Waal has made a series of 17 new works, including vitrines, shelves, and diptychs conceived as open books, taking inspiration from the Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán, the writer Federico García Lorca, and also from Celan. There is porcelain, marble and gilding; there is gold leaf and platinum acknowledging the silver dishes on Zurbarán’s paintings. There are objects hidden from view and there are repetitions. Alongside these works there is a reading room - a selection of 100 books inviting visitors to sit down and read. The artist’s book, the exhibition, and the reading room are conceived as a joint project.
your name2019
20 porcelain vessels, 5 alabaster blocks ,7 marble blocks and gold leaf in a pair of aluminium, wood and plexiglass vitrines
120 × 127 × 13.5 cm
breath
Ivorypress, Madrid
20 February – 18 May 2019
For breath, Edmund de Waal has been invited to work across Ivorypress’s three different spaces: the publishing house, the exhibition space, and the bookshop. At the heart of this project is an artist’s book, published by Ivorypress: a project that has spanned many years, looking hard into what books are, how they feel and their presence in the world. It is an homage to Romanian-born poet Paul Celan, a book about slowing down. To accompany the artist’s book, de Waal has made a series of 17 new works, including vitrines, shelves, and diptychs conceived as open books, taking inspiration from the Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán, the writer Federico García Lorca, and also from Celan. There is porcelain, marble and gilding; there is gold leaf and platinum acknowledging the silver dishes on Zurbarán’s paintings. There are objects hidden from view and there are repetitions. Alongside these works there is a reading room - a selection of 100 books inviting visitors to sit down and read. The artist’s book, the exhibition, and the reading room are conceived as a joint project.