Tauba Auerbach studies structure and connectivity on the microscopic to the cosmic scale. Building on crafts in many disciplines, they often invent tools and techniques to induce or exaggerate material behaviors. Their work moves freely between painting, weaving, glass, photography, video, calligraphy and musical instrument design. In 2013, Tauba started Diagonal Press , to hold their ongoing typography and book-making practice. In 2018, the Public Art Fund organized the artist’s acclaimed public project, Flow Separation , in New York Harbor. Tauba’s work is included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, and the Centre Pompidou, among others. In 2021, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presented S v Z — a 17 year survey of Tauba’s work. Significant one-person exhibitions have also been presented at the Fridericianum, Kassel (2023-2024); Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (2018); the Institute of Contemporary Art, London (2014); and Bergen Kunsthall in Norway, which traveled to venues in Sweden and Belgium (2011-2012).
Paula Cooper