Macula B/2
Macula B/2
Macula B/2
Macula B/2
Macula B/2

© 2006, Tobias Putrih

Macula B/2
Macula B/2
Macula B/2
Macula B/2
Macula B/2

Currently not on view

Macula B/2,

2006

Tobias Putrih, Slovenian, born 1972
2008-64
Known for a body of work in sculpture, video, and installation, Tobias Putrih explores subjects ranging from physics and film history to Utopian architecture and European modernism. Macula B/2 belongs to a group of sculptures comprised of thin rings of corrugated cardboard. Each ring is cut from a template based on a drawing of a particular shape, such as a circle. Each drawing, in turn, is a handmade copy of the one that preceded it. As the drawings accumulate, the imperfections of the first drawing do as well—producing, in the case of Macula B/2, an array of sensuous curves, bulges, indentations, and furrows. When the light strikes the sculpture in just the right way, its static materiality gives way to an animated effervescence.
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Title
Macula B/2
Dates

2006

Maker
Tobias Putrih
Medium
Cardboard
Dimensions
247.6 x 62.2 x 62.2 cm (97 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of the Advisory Council of the Princeton University Art Museum in honor of Susan M. Taylor, director, 2000–2008
Object Number
2008-64
Culture
American
Type
sculpture
Materials
cardboard
Subject
curves, abstraction, light

[Max Protetch, New York, New York], sold; to Princeton University Art Museum, 2008.

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