At first glance, Art 17 appears to be an act of subtraction. The work, which lives natively on a custom-built LED canvas, consists of a single, slowly rotating polyhedron. Its surface is neither glossy nor matte, but something in between—a texture Ybt calls “specular melancholy.” Seventeen vertices connect seventeen edges, forming a shape that is mathematically impossible yet visually inevitable.
It looks like a 17-sided shape, trembling slightly, waiting for you to breathe. Laura Ybt Art 17
In an era where the art world is saturated with either spectacle or silence, finding a piece that whispers directly to the gut is rare. Laura Ybt, the elusive Franco-Argentine digital sculptor, has done just that with her latest release, simply titled Art 17 . At first glance, Art 17 appears to be an act of subtraction
Laura Ybt’s “Art 17” is on view at the Digital Dawn Gallery, London, until October 31st. It looks like a 17-sided shape, trembling slightly,
“I thought it was broken at first,” admitted collector Marcus Teller. “Then I realized it was just showing me how tired I was. It was brutal. And I bought it immediately.”