Tauba Auerbach’s work (b. 1981, San Francisco, California) contemplates structure and connectivity on the microscopic to the universal scale. Building on crafts in many disciplines, Auerbach often invents tools and techniques for inducing material behaviors. The artist’s hand is recognizable in work across a wide variety of media including painting, weaving, glass sculpture, photography, video, calligraphy and musical instrument design. In 2013, Auerbach founded Diagonal Press to formalize their ongoing typography and book-design practice. Auerbach’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 Auerbach’s work. Exhibitions of their work have been presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland; the Institute of Contemporary Art, London; and Bergen Kunsthall in Norway, which traveled to venues in Sweden and Belgium. In 2018, the Public Art Fund organized Auerbach’s acclaimed public project, Flow Separation, in New York Harbor.
Tauba Auerbach
Grain - 2nd Iteration Peano Vapor (Variation I) II, 2022
acrylic on canvas, wood stretcher
60 x 45 in. (152.4 x 114.3 cm)
Tauba Auerbach
Grain - Periodic Mandelbrot Quartet, 2022
acrylic on canvas, wood stretcher
60 x 45 in. (152.4 x 114.3 cm)
Tauba Auerbach
Non-Invasive Procedure, 2018
adjustable height medical table, light box, three lenses with stainless steel supports, polarized film, plastic and glass
medical table
overall dimensions: 69 1/2 x 48 x 95 in. (176.5 x 121.9 x 241.3 cm)
Tauba Auerbach
Grain - Meander Incision, 2018
acrylic on canvas
90 x 48 in. (228.6 x 121.9 cm)
Tauba Auerbach
Where there had once been a snag in the fabric, 2018
Borosilicate glass on cushioned physical therapy table
sculpture: 6 3/4 x 18 x 66 1/2 in. (17.1 x 45.7 x 168.9 cm)
base: 86 x 33 1/4 x 48 in. (218.4 x 84.5 x 121.9 cm)
Flow Separation, 2018, Commissioned by Public Art Fund and 14-18 NOW and presented on Fireboat John J. Harvey in New York Harbor July 1, 2018 – May 12, 2019., Image by Nicholas Knight, courtesy Public Art Fund, NY.
Tetrachromat, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden, 2012.
Tauba Auerbach
Slice/Wave Fulgurite IV.II, 2014
white silica sand, glass frit, lapis, azurite, fluorite, resin/glass and spray lacquered wooden plinth
2 x 38 x 14 in. (5.1 x 96.5 x 35.6 cm)
Tauba Auerbach
A Flexible Fabric of Inflexible Parts, 2015
borosilicate glass on table of aluminum, wood and paint
11 helical components each approximately 3 x 3 x 31 1/2 inches (7.6 x 7.6 x 80 cm). Overall dimensions: 3 x 78 x 25 inches (7.6 x 198.1 x 63.5 cm)
table: 23 1/2 x 84 x 84 in. (59.7 x 213.4 x 213.4 cm)
Reciprocal Score: Tauba Auerbach + Charlotte Posenenske, Studio Indipendenza , Rome, Italy, 2015.
Tauba Auerbach
Chiral Fret (Meander)/Extrusion/Ghost, 2015
woven canvas on wooden stretcher
80 x 60 in. (203.2 x 152.4 cm)
Tauba Auerbach
RGB Colorspace Atlas, 2011
Set of 3 books: digital offset print on paper, case bound book, airbrushed cloth cover and page edges
each book: 8 x 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm); page count, each: 3,712 pages
Binding co-designed by Daniel E. Kelm and Tauba Auerbach; Bound by Daniel E. Kelm assisted by Leah Hughes-Purcell at the Wide Awake Garage
Edition of 3
Tauba Auerbach
Float, 2011
UV cured ink on 0.4mm polycarbonate with acrylic, brass
closed: 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (31.1 x 26 x 6.4 cm)
Edition 8 of 8, + 2 APs
Auerglass, 2009
collaboration with Cameron Miserow, AKA Glasser
wood, acrylic, steel, copper, leather, felt
190.5 x 31.5 x 116 inches; 483.9 x 80 x 294.6 cm
Tauba Auerbach
Wood, 2011
digital offset printing, Mohawk superfine paper, 55 pages, hand painted edges
closed: 17 x 9 1/2 x 2 in. (43.2 x 24.1 x 5.1 cm)
Edition of 10, 2 AP
Tauba Auerbach
Pilot Wave Induction III, 2018
single-channel HD video; 16:10, color, sound; duration: 9'03" (looped)
dimensions variable
Edition 3 of 6, + 2 APs
Percussion: Greg Fox
Camera: Rafe Scobey-Thal
Tauba Auerbach
Ligature Drawing, 9 September 2017, 2017
ink on paper
approximately: 32 3/4 x 27 in. (83.2 x 68.6 cm)
Tauba Auerbach
Altar/Engine, 2015
3D printed nylon and plastic on table of aluminum, wood and paint
an array of 126 elements ranging from 18 x 18 x 10 in. (45.7 x 45.7x 25.4 cm) to .0625 x 1 x 2 in. (.16 x 2.5 x 5.1 cm)
Table: 15 x 108 x 108 in. (38.1 x 274.3 x 274.3 cm)
