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Published on the occasion of The Drawing Center's exhibition<br/>Claudia Wieser: Poems of the Right Angle, this volume presents the work of Berlin-based artist Claudia Wieser (b. 1973 Germany). This book documents Wieser's exhibition, a site-specific installation of glazed ceramic tiles and prismatic mirrored facets against a background of geometrically-patterned wallpaper. In addition, the publication includes a new series of colorful line drawings that play on the installation's optical and spatial illusions and serve to foreground her distinctive approach to abstraction. Together, the works mark the experiential and the intangible through precise geometries imbued with layers of spiritual, psychic, and phenomenal meaning that lead the viewer into contemplative spaces where the primacy of mark-making and viewing become fused. Features over 20 color plates and an essay by exhibition curator Joanna Kleinberg.